Journal profile · Health Care Sciences & Services
Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law
ISSN 0361-6878 · eISSN 1527-1927 · Duke University Press · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1976
Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.67; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 47 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law is published by Duke University Press and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Healthcare Policy and Management, Public Health Policies and Education and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, together about 40.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics and General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
A leading journal in its field, and the primary source of communication across the many disciplines it serves, the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law focuses on the initiation, formulation, and implementation of health policy and analyzes the relations between government and health—past, present, and future.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Health Care Sciences & Services
Editor-in-chief Sarah E. GollustPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance27.4%
- Public Health Policies and EducationHealth Professions6.7%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.6%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions5.4%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine5.2%
- Global Health Care IssuesHealth Professions4.9%
- Pharmaceutical industry and healthcarePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.7%
- Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBusiness, Management and Accounting3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Issues | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Biomedical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Social Issues | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Biomedical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Issues | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Biomedical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.67LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 102OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,282OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.4OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.39%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 37LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,609 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 16 | 4 |
| 2025 | 47 | 39 | 88 |
| 2024 | 51 | 31 | 498 |
| 2023 | 44 | 30 | 472 |
| 2022 | 50 | 8 | 676 |
| 2021 | 50 | 14 | 636 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted2, with length limits
- commentary-republicans-revolt.html. Article Types Commentaries We consider shorter (~1,500–3,500 words) essays on topics in health politics, policy, and law. Althmain text ≤ 3,500 words
- original research articlexed methods. Our typical word limit for original research articles is 8,000 words, though we will consider longer submissions. Research articmain text ≤ 8,000 words
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1976
- ISSN
- 0361-6878
- Electronic ISSN
- 1527-1927
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law
What CAS zone is Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Health Policy & Services / Health Care Sciences & Services / Social Issues / Social Sciences, Biomedical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.67; CiteScore 5.1, h-index 102.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .