Simulation in Healthcare-Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare

Simulation in Healthcare-Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. 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 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare, Surgical Simulation and Training and Innovations in Medical Education, together about 54.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare is a multidisciplinary publication encompassing all areas of applications and research in healthcare simulation technology. The journal is relevant to a broad range of clinical and biomedical specialties, and publishes original basic, clinical, and translational research on these topics and more: Safety and quality-oriented training programs; Development of educational and competency assessment standards; Reports of experience in the use of simulation technology; Virtual reality; Epidemiologic modeling; Molecular, pharmacologic, and disease modeling.

Source: LetPub

Research area (LetPub): HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Editor-in-chief Nicole HarderPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q2 · HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES · rank 78/194

Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

2.77LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

2.9Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

3.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.19LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

42LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

89OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

685OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

3.19OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

6.9%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

13.98%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

57LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

6–12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

Fairly easyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

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.

Publisher

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Bimonthly

Founded

2006

ISSN

1559-2332

Electronic ISSN

1559-713X

Latest issue on the website

Volume 21, Issue 4 (August 2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website