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Health Services Insights

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1998

ISSN1178-6329eISSN1178-6329

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total53

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.679

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.996

Total Works

527

Total Citations

7,542

2yr Mean Citedness

1.57

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Health Services Insights aims to improve health services through the analyses of costs, quality, and access in health care. This includes work that analyzes more than one of these elements.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Fast · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

Annual Volume~ 88 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications527

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~8 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1178-6329 / 1178-6329

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Health PolicyQ2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & Services

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Maternal and Child HealthHealthcare Policy and ManagementHealthcare Systems and ReformsGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesPrimary Care and Health OutcomesPatient Satisfaction in HealthcareGlobal Health Care IssuesHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeHealth Policy Implementation ScienceMental Health Treatment and Access