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Health Care Management Science

Kluwer Academic Publishers · Netherlands · Est. 1976

ISSN1386-9620eISSN1572-9389

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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?

582

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 502d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.751

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.015

Total Worksi

1,030

Total Citationsi

34,765

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Health Care Management Science publishes research dealing with health care delivery, health care management, and health care policy, with a focus on methods from operations research and management science. Applies techniques from management science, operations research, analytics, machine learning, and other emerging areas. Publishes papers with a strong methodological focus. Offers articles with insights for clinicians, administrators, and policy makers. Highlights applied research that contributes to improved decisions or processes.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,030

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Kluwer Academic Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1386-9620 / 1572-9389

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.1k

2019

658

2020

2021

390

2022

347

2023

149

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 Professions (miscellaneous)Q1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Health Professions (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare Policy and ManagementHealthcare Operations and Scheduling OptimizationHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeGlobal Health Care IssuesEfficiency Analysis Using DEAHospital Admissions and OutcomesEmergency and Acute Care StudiesHealthcare Systems and ReformsScheduling and Timetabling SolutionsCOVID-19 epidemiological studies

Frequently asked questions about Health Care Management Science

Is Health Care Management Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health Care Management Science: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Health Care Management Science?

Health Care Management Science 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 1.91.

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

Health Care Management Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.