Journal profile · Health Care Sciences & Services
Value in Health
ISSN 1098-3015 · eISSN 1524-4733 · Elsevier Ltd · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1998
Value in Health: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.94; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,000; median 160 days to acceptance (104 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 4,774 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Value in Health is published by Elsevier Ltd 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 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy and Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer, together about 51.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Value in Health aims to be a leading source of new methods, best practice guidelines, and innovative research in the field of health economics and outcomes research (HEOR).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Health Care Sciences & Services
Editor-in-chief Nancy J. DevlinPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 27, United Kingdom 14, Australia 9, Netherlands 3, France 2 (61 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance31.1%
- Pharmaceutical Economics and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.1%
- Economic and Financial Impacts of CancerEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.4%
- Medication Adherence and ComplianceMedicine4.1%
- Pharmaceutical studies and practicesMedicine3.8%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.8%
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesMedicine3.6%
- Biosimilars and Bioanalytical MethodsImmunology and Microbiology3.1%
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 | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 2 |
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 | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 5.94LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 6.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 6.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 8.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.63LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 87LetPub ·
- h-index
- 171OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,945OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.32OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 41.55%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 196LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 6Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 79,989 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2,073 | 129 | 82 |
| 2025 | 4,774 | 2,020 | 982 |
| 2024 | 5,007 | 5,007 | 2,762 |
| 2023 | 4,660 | 4,660 | 2,875 |
| 2022 | 5,354 | 5,353 | 8,135 |
| 2021 | 1,360 | 1,355 | 6,305 |
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
160 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 122 days – 211 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 24 days (104 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 186 days
- Sample
- 104 articles with submission and acceptance dates (561 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,000 / EUR 3,740 / GBP 3,200 / JPY 496,120 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 4,500 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted5
- good practices reportsGood Practices Reports: Value in Health publishes ISPOR’s Good Practices Reports that identify best and emerging practices in a wide range of areas within HEOR.Length not stated
- health policy analysesHealth Policy Analyses: Analysis and commentary on health policy issues with global relevance to the pursuit of a world where healthcare is effective, efficient…Length not stated
- letters to the editorAlthough not original research per se, a Letter must provide substantive new insights or interpretations of results, offer critiques, or suggest alternate theor…Length not stated
- original articleOriginal theoretical, conceptual, and empirical research in HEOR.Length not stated
- systematic reviewsSystematic Reviews: The Editors welcome systematic reviews of any aspect of HEOR.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- AI use Use of Artificial Intelligence
ISPOR encourages responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted technologies. Responsible use includes disclosing whether AI was used to produce submitted work(s), and if so, how it was used. Declaring the use of these technologies supports transparency between authors, readers, reviewers, editors, and contributors and may facilitate compliance with the terms of use of the relevant…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
Authorship should be limited to those individuals who have made substantial contributions to the conception, design, execution, and interpretation and are accountable for all parts of the published work. Value in Health strictly limits the number of authors listed in the author byline to a maximum of 10. Value in Health uses the guidance set forth by the International Committee of Medical Journal …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest V. Publishing Policies and Disclosures
Ethics in PublishingFor information on Ethics in Publishing and Ethical guidelines for journal publication, see https://www.elsevier.com/publishingethics and https://www.elsevier.com/ethicalguidelines.Use of Artificial IntelligenceISPOR encourages responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted technologies. Responsible use includes disclosing whether AI was used to produce submitte…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Data availability upon editor's request Model summary
All authors must agree to make their data available at the editor's request for examination and re-analysis by referees or other persons designated by the editor.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
In recent years, the importance to authors of open access has increased due to policies of major research funders in many countries requiring that the publications arising from the work they fund be freely available to all. Publishing your work as gold open access means that millions of researchers globally will be able to find and read your work, completely free. Your work is also included in rel…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
Value in Health remains one of the top-ranked journals in the HEOR field and has also witnessed a more than 70% increase in submissions over the past 5 years. As a result, the editors now find it necessary to reject many more papers without peer review, including ones that may be suitable for publication in other leading journals. In 2025, the journal’s overall rejection rate was 82%. Although we …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Sensitivity analysis required for modeling results Model summary
Value in Health also requires that papers reporting modeling results include sensitivity analysis of key and influential model parameters.
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
- Elsevier Ltd
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1998
- ISSN
- 1098-3015
- Electronic ISSN
- 1524-4733
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Value in Health
What CAS zone is Value in Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Value in Health is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services / Health Policy & Services / Economics. 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 Value in Health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.94; CiteScore 8.4, h-index 171.
How long does peer review take at Value in Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 104 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 160 days (interquartile range 122–211 days); authors report an average review time of 3–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Value in Health based?
Of the 61 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (27), United Kingdom (14) and Australia (9). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Value in Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Value in Health is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Value in Health open access, and what is the APC?
Value in Health is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .