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Journal of Medical Economics

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1978

ISSN1369-6998eISSN1941-837X

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.843

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.896

Total Worksi

2,686

Total Citationsi

42,097

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Medicine, General & Internal; Health Policy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,686

Publisher OrgInforma

OA Since2020

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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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1369-6998 / 1941-837X

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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

174

3.3k

2019

157

2.4k

2020

162

2.3k

2021

135

1.9k

2022

171

1.7k

2023

193

933

2024

191

353

2025

160

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 PolicyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesMedicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomic and Financial Impacts of CancerMedication Adherence and ComplianceDiabetes Treatment and ManagementAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesRheumatoid Arthritis Research and TherapiesDiabetes Management and ResearchPharmaceutical Economics and PolicySchizophrenia research and treatmentMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Medical Economics

Is Journal of Medical Economics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Medical Economics: 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 Journal of Medical Economics?

Journal of Medical Economics 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 2.03.

Is Journal of Medical Economics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Medical Economics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Medical Economics?