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Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Springer International Publishing AG · Switzerland · Est. 1981

ISSN1175-5652eISSN1179-1896

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.26

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.378

Total Worksi

1,314

Total Citationsi

28,717

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy publishes practical health economic articles relevant to current healthcare issues. It is a vital resource for decision makers and health economists striving to optimise people’s health.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,314

Publisher OrgAdis, Springer Healthcare

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer International Publishing AG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1175-5652 / 1179-1896

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.9k

2019

2.2k

2020

1.7k

2021

1.6k

2022

687

2023

439

2024

196

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Economics and EconometricsQ1

Health PolicyQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EconomicsHealth Care Sciences & ServicesHealth Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Economics and EconometricsMedicine (miscellaneous)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifePharmaceutical Economics and PolicyHealthcare Policy and ManagementGlobal Health Care IssuesEconomic and Environmental ValuationHealthcare Systems and ReformsEconomic and Financial Impacts of CancerHealthcare cost, quality, practicesGlobal Maternal and Child HealthPrimary Care and Health Outcomes

Frequently asked questions about Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Is Applied Health Economics and Health Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Applied Health Economics and Health Policy: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Applied Health Economics and Health Policy?

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.33.

Is Applied Health Economics and Health Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.