Journal profile · Health Professions-Pharmacy
Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy
ISSN 2376-0540 · eISSN 2376-1032 · Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) · UNITED STATES
Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.23; subscription journal; 158 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy is published by Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) 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 Medication Adherence and Compliance, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life and Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, together about 42.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
JMCP welcomes research studies conducted outside of the United States that are relevant to our readership. Our audience is primarily concerned with designing policies of formulary coverage, health benefit design, and pharmaceutical programs that are based on evidence from large populations of people. Studies of pharmacist interventions conducted outside the United States that have already been extensively studied within the United States and studies of small sample sizes in non-managed care environments outside of the United States (e.g., hospitals or community pharmacies) are generally of low interest to our readership. However, studies of health outcomes and costs assessed in large populations that provide evidence for formulary coverage, health benefit design, and pharmaceutical programs are of high interest to JMCP’s readership.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Health Professions-Pharmacy
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medication Adherence and ComplianceMedicine17.3%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.2%
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesMedicine11.9%
- Pharmaceutical Economics and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8%
- Economic and Financial Impacts of CancerEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.4%
- Diabetes Treatment and ManagementMedicine4.7%
- Pharmaceutical studies and practicesMedicine3.8%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.1%
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 Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 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 Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 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 Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 3.23LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- h-index
- 55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 61OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 742OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.25%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 124LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,905 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 120 | 87 | 18 |
| 2025 | 158 | 143 | 233 |
| 2024 | 154 | 152 | 804 |
| 2023 | 155 | 153 | 1,118 |
| 2022 | 129 | 128 | 1,261 |
| 2021 | 199 | 194 | 2,525 |
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
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use
- AI use Comparative performance of large language models for appraising bias in real-world evidence studies
Chijioke M. Okeke, Regina Nechi, Javeria Khalid, Ibraheem M. Karaye, J. Douglas Thornton and Ismaeel Yunusa
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
- Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2376-0540
- Electronic ISSN
- 2376-1032
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy
What CAS zone is Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services / Pharmacology & Pharmacy. 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 Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.23; CiteScore 4.6, h-index 61.
Which databases index Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy 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; 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: .