Journal profile · HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
Journal of Healthcare Leadership
ISSN 1179-3201 · Dove Medical Press · United Kingdom
Journal of Healthcare Leadership: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.4 (journal website); JCR Q1 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 4,320; median 95 days to acceptance (107 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 36% (journal website); 65 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Healthcare Leadership is published by Dove Medical 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 Innovations in Medical Education, Nursing education and management and Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout, together about 26.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Editor-in-Chief: Professor Russell Taichman The Journal of Healthcare Leadership is an international journal focusing on leadership for healthcare professions. The journal strives to provide up-to-date trends on theoretical and best practices in healthcare, and insights into leadership progress and effective solutions to improve patient care, to both current and future healthcare leaders. Senior and trainee doctors, nurses and allied healthcare professionals, medical students, healthcare managers and allied leaders are invited to contribute to this publication. The Journal of Healthcare Leadership will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication. The journal is committed to the rapid publication of research focusing on but not limited to: Healthcare policy and law Theoretical and practical aspects of healthcare systems and delivery services Interactions between healthcare and society and evidence-based practices Interdisciplinary decision-making Philosophical and ethical issues Strategic management and hazard management Improving patients care and service delivery Community health and public healthcare services Research and opinion for health leadership Leadership assessment The journal welcomes submitted papers covering original research, basic science, clinical and epidemiological studies, reviews and evaluations, guidelines, expert opinions and commentary, case reports and extended reports. Updated 4 August 2025
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
Editor-in-chief Taichman PeriodontologyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 17, Australia 6, Canada 5, United Kingdom 4, Germany 2 (44 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine10.2%
- Nursing education and managementNursing8.3%
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutHealth Professions8.3%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions6.2%
- Diversity and Career in MedicineSocial Sciences6.2%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions6.1%
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions5.4%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions5.2%
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 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SJR, CiteScore, Impact FactorPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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 (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.64Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 136OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.31OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 63LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 80,961Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 388 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 76 | 76 | 25 |
| 2025 | 65 | 65 | 278 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 511 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | 611 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | 482 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 975 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
95 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 75 days – 131 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (107 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 124 days
- Sample
- 107 articles with submission and acceptance dates (158 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 36%Publisher website ·
- Desk decision
- 51 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 4,320 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,320 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 3,300 | Yes | — |
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
- case reportAuthors may use these detailed descriptions of different paper types accepted by Dove Medical Press (case reports, reviews, etc) to decide how to label their pa…Length not stated
- reviewAuthors may use these detailed descriptions of different paper types accepted by Dove Medical Press (case reports, reviews, etc) to decide how to label their pa…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics
COPE member Model summary
This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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
- Dove Medical Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1179-3201
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Healthcare Leadership
What CAS zone is Journal of Healthcare Leadership in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Healthcare Leadership is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Health Policy & Services. 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 Healthcare Leadership?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 4.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5, h-index 41.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Healthcare Leadership?
Based on the dates recorded on 107 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 95 days (interquartile range 75–131 days); authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 36%. 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.
What JCR quartile is Journal of Healthcare Leadership in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Medicine.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Healthcare Leadership based?
Of the 44 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (17), Australia (6) and Canada (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Healthcare Leadership?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Healthcare Leadership is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Healthcare Leadership open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Healthcare Leadership is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 4,320.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .