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Journal of healthcare risk management : the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management
ISSN 1074-4797 · eISSN 2040-0861 · Wiley-Blackwell
Journal of healthcare risk management : the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management: subscription journal; APC about USD 3,470; median 103 days to acceptance (37 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 35% (journal website); 34 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of healthcare risk management : the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management is published by Wiley-Blackwell. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues, Patient Safety and Medication Errors and Healthcare Quality and Management, together about 64% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal publishes work related to evidence-based health care risk management, enterprise risk management which includes: clinical risk management, patient safety, quality improvement, risk financing, claims and litigation, health care preparedness, risk management tools and techniques, the health care risk management workforce, and other timely risk management issues.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medical Malpractice and Liability IssuesHealth Professions23.2%
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions20.5%
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions20.2%
- Healthcare RegulationHealth Professions8.2%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine4.7%
- Occupational Health and Safety ResearchHealth Professions2.3%
- Medical and Health Sciences ResearchMedicine2.2%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Medicine | Q2 | 306/669 | 54th |
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
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 122OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.17OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 23Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 37,047Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,336 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 13 | 248 |
| 2025 | 34 | 17 | 366 |
| 2024 | 30 | 11 | 350 |
| 2023 | 33 | 18 | 339 |
| 2022 | 44 | 4 | 331 |
| 2021 | 43 | 22 | 309 |
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 Crossref · to
103 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 12 days – 208 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (37 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 127 days
- Sample
- 37 articles with submission and acceptance dates (58 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 35%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 39 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 84 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- 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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,470 / EUR 2,900 / GBP 2,330 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- AMA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review
- Publication ethics
Original work only Model summary
Submissions must be original work and not previously published, or under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright/License Agreement
If a paper is accepted for publication, the author identified as the formal corresponding author will receive an email prompting them to log in to Author Services, where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be required to complete a copyright license agreement on behalf of all authors of the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
the journal operates a double-blind peer review policy
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1074-4797
- Electronic ISSN
- 2040-0861
- Society / sponsor
- American Society for Health Care Risk Management
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 46, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of healthcare risk management : the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management
How long does peer review take at Journal of healthcare risk management : the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 37 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 103 days (interquartile range 12–208 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 35% (2025). 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 are the manuscript requirements of Journal of healthcare risk management : the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: AMA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Journal of healthcare risk management : the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of healthcare risk management : the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of healthcare risk management : the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of healthcare risk management : the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management is a subscription journal. APC about USD 3,470.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .