Journal profile · HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
Journal of Healthcare Management
ISSN 1096-9012 · eISSN 1944-7396 · Wolters Kluwer Health
Journal of Healthcare Management: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.53; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; 43 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Healthcare Management is published by Wolters Kluwer Health and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Healthcare Quality and Management, Health Services Management and Policy and Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies, together about 52.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
Editor-in-chief Eric FordPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions23.1%
- Health Services Management and PolicyHealth Professions15.3%
- Organizational Leadership and Management StrategiesBusiness, Management and Accounting13.9%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.7%
- Patient Satisfaction in HealthcareHealth Professions4.5%
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling OptimizationHealth Professions2.7%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions2.5%
- Nursing education and managementNursing2.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
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 4 |
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
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership and Management | Q2 | 17/41 | — |
| Health Policy | Q3 | 167/330 | — |
| Strategy and Management | Q3 | 277/506 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES · rank 42/125
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
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
- 2.53LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 65OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 435OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.36OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 19.54%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,989 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 3 | 414 |
| 2025 | 43 | 8 | 828 |
| 2024 | 52 | 9 | 971 |
| 2023 | 45 | 6 | 1,060 |
| 2022 | 45 | 9 | 1,110 |
| 2021 | 77 | 8 | 1,155 |
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 1096-9012
- Electronic ISSN
- 1944-7396
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 71, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Healthcare Management
What CAS zone is Journal of Healthcare Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Healthcare Management is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 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 Healthcare Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.53; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 65.
What JCR quartile is Journal of Healthcare Management in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2; by category, HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES Q2 (42/125). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Journal of Healthcare Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Healthcare Management is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Healthcare Management open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Healthcare Management is a hybrid 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .