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Qualitative Health Research
ISSN 1049-7323 · eISSN 1552-7557 · SAGE
Qualitative Health Research: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.02; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,400; 197 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Qualitative Health Research is published by SAGE and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics, Mental Health and Patient Involvement and Health Policy Implementation Science, together about 22.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Qualitative Research Methods and EthicsSocial Sciences8.6%
- Mental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Professions7.8%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions6.2%
- Participatory Visual Research MethodsSocial Sciences5.5%
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthPsychology5.2%
- Family Support in IllnessSocial Sciences4.8%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine4.5%
- Empathy and Medical EducationMedicine4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Biomedical | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Biomedical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Biomedical | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
- 3.02LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 189OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,088OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 56.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 175LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,316 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 74 | 55 | 16 |
| 2025 | 197 | 123 | 511 |
| 2024 | 178 | 125 | 1,201 |
| 2023 | 143 | 105 | 1,791 |
| 2022 | 121 | 66 | 1,621 |
| 2021 | 209 | 114 | 4,047 |
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,400 / GBP 3,226 | — | — |
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1049-7323
- Electronic ISSN
- 1552-7557
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Qualitative Health Research
What CAS zone is Qualitative Health Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Qualitative Health Research is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Social Sciences, Biomedical / Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary / Information Science & Library Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Qualitative Health Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.02; CiteScore 5.5, h-index 189.
Which databases index Qualitative Health Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Qualitative Health Research is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Qualitative Health Research open access, and what is the APC?
Qualitative Health Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,400.
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: .