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Journal of Healthcare Leadership

Dove Medical Press Limited · United States · Est. 1996

ISSN1179-3201eISSN1179-3201

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

1.097

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.846

Total Worksi

336

Total Citationsi

5,470

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Healthcare Leadership is an international journal focusing on leadership for healthcare professions. The journal strives to provide up-to-date trends on theoretical and best practices in healthcare, and insights into leadership progress and effective solutions to improve patient care, to both current and future healthcare leaders. Senior and trainee doctors, nurses and allied healthcare professionals, medical students, healthcare managers and allied leaders are invited to contribute to this publication.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications336

Publisher OrgDove Medical Press

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~16 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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Dove Medical Press Limited

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1179-3201 / 1179-3201

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

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

Citations received

153

2019

565

2020

944

2021

427

2022

547

2023

412

2024

166

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.

Leadership and ManagementQ1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Leadership and ManagementOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Innovations in Medical EducationNursing education and managementHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutDiversity and Career in MedicineInterprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Policy Implementation SciencePrimary Care and Health OutcomesHealthcare Quality and ManagementJob Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorHealthcare Policy and Management

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Healthcare Leadership

Is Journal of Healthcare Leadership a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Healthcare Leadership: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Healthcare Leadership?

Journal of Healthcare Leadership 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 3.21.

Is Journal of Healthcare Leadership indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Healthcare Leadership is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.