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British Journal of Health Care Management

MA Healthcare Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1970

ISSN1358-0574

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.215

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.308

Total Worksi

3,372

Total Citationsi

12,205

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The British Journal of Health Care Management is an independent monthly journal for health service managers, policymakers, influencers, and commentators.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1970

Annual Volume~ 84 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,372

Publisher OrgMark Allen Group

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

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4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

MA Healthcare Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1358-0574

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

218

2019

115

464

2020

109

268

2021

104

191

2022

143

2023

2024

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.

Health PolicyQ4

Leadership and ManagementQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Leadership and ManagementHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealthcare Systems and ChallengesHealthcare Policy and ManagementHealth Services Management and PolicyHealthcare Quality and ManagementGlobal Health Care IssuesHealthcare innovation and challengesGlobal Healthcare and Medical TourismHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeChild and Adolescent Health

Frequently asked questions about British Journal of Health Care Management

Is British Journal of Health Care Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for British Journal of Health Care Management: it is indexed in 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 British Journal of Health Care Management?

British Journal of Health Care Management is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.215.

Is British Journal of Health Care Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

British Journal of Health Care Management is indexed in Scopus.