Journal profile · Health Care Sciences & Services
Population Health Management
ISSN 1942-7891 · eISSN 1942-7905 · Mary Ann Liebert Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 2008
Population Health Management: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.93; hybrid open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 42 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Population Health Management is published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc. 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 Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Healthcare Policy and Management and Chronic Disease Management Strategies, together about 36.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Population Health Management provides comprehensive, authoritative strategies for improving the systems and policies that affect health care quality, access, and outcomes, ultimately improving the health of an entire population. The Journal delivers essential research on a broad range of topics including the impact of social, cultural, economic, and environmental factors on health care systems and practices. Population Health Management coverage includes: Clinical case reports and studies on managing major public health conditions Compliance programs Health economics Outcomes assessment Provider incentives Health care reform Resource management Return on investment (ROI) Health care quality Care coordination.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Health Care Sciences & Services
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions14.2%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.9%
- Chronic Disease Management StrategiesMedicine8.5%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.9%
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions5.6%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences5.2%
- Public Health Policies and EducationHealth Professions5.2%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions3.8%
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 |
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 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 Care Sciences & Services | 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
- 1.93LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 517OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 17.04%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,381 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 6 | 6 |
| 2025 | 42 | 10 | 53 |
| 2024 | 60 | 22 | 125 |
| 2023 | 100 | 33 | 399 |
| 2022 | 68 | 23 | 469 |
| 2021 | 118 | 33 | 963 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
- Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2008
- ISSN
- 1942-7891
- Electronic ISSN
- 1942-7905
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Population Health Management
What CAS zone is Population Health Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Population Health Management is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & 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 Population Health Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.93; CiteScore 3.8, h-index 60.
How long does peer review take at Population Health Management?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Population Health Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Population Health Management is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Population Health Management open access, and what is the APC?
Population Health 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; 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: .