Journal profile · HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
Leadership in Health Services
ISSN 1751-1879 · eISSN 1751-1887 · Emerald
Leadership in Health Services: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; median 156 days to acceptance (39 articles, last 24 months); 44 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Leadership in Health Services is published by Emerald 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 Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies, Healthcare Quality and Management and Health Services Management and Policy, together about 41.3% of its articles. (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
- Organizational Leadership and Management StrategiesBusiness, Management and Accounting16.5%
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions12.5%
- Health Services Management and PolicyHealth Professions12.4%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine7.5%
- Nursing education and managementNursing7.1%
- Competency Development and EvaluationPsychology4.7%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing4.3%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting4.1%
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 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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Policy | Q2 | 101/330 | 69th |
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- h-index
- 58OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 356OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.78OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.16%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 43LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 959 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 51 | 18 | 905 |
| 2025 | 44 | 12 | 1,279 |
| 2024 | 37 | 12 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 36 | 12 | 1,298 |
| 2022 | 43 | 13 | 1,241 |
| 2021 | 47 | 12 | 1,265 |
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
156 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 115 days – 200 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 37 days (7 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 218 days
- Sample
- 39 articles with submission and acceptance dates (67 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".
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
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
- Emerald
- ISSN
- 1751-1879
- Electronic ISSN
- 1751-1887
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Leadership in Health Services
What CAS zone is Leadership in Health Services in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Leadership in Health Services 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.
How long does peer review take at Leadership in Health Services?
Based on the dates recorded on 39 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 156 days (interquartile range 115–200 days). 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.
Which databases index Leadership in Health Services?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Leadership in Health Services is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Leadership in Health Services open access, and what is the APC?
Leadership in Health Services 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; 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: .