Journal profile · HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy
ISSN 1355-8196 · eISSN 1758-1060 · SAGE
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.18; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; 49 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy is published by SAGE and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Healthcare Policy and Management and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, together about 35.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions13.4%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.5%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.9%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions5.6%
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions4.8%
- Patient Satisfaction in HealthcareHealth Professions4.4%
- Global Health Care IssuesHealth Professions4.3%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 2.18LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 105OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 922OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.64OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 64.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 39LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,725 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 14 | 2 |
| 2025 | 49 | 32 | 75 |
| 2024 | 29 | 20 | 102 |
| 2023 | 38 | 27 | 345 |
| 2022 | 42 | 32 | 688 |
| 2021 | 26 | 12 | 330 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1355-8196
- Electronic ISSN
- 1758-1060
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Health Services Research & Policy
What CAS zone is Journal of Health Services Research & Policy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Health Services Research & Policy is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Health Policy & Services. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Health Services Research & Policy?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.18; CiteScore 5.6, h-index 105.
Which databases index Journal of Health Services Research & Policy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Health Services Research & Policy is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Health Services Research & Policy open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .