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Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 2000

ISSN1387-3741eISSN1572-9400

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.472

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.177

Total Worksi

465

Total Citationsi

12,015

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications465

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer Netherlands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1387-3741 / 1572-9400

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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

2019

263

2020

335

2021

344

2022

105

2023

138

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 PolicyQ3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & Services

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare Policy and ManagementHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeAdvanced Causal Inference TechniquesStatistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceStatistical Methods and InferenceHealth disparities and outcomesGlobal Health Care IssuesPrimary Care and Health OutcomesStatistical Methods in Clinical TrialsPatient Satisfaction in Healthcare

Frequently asked questions about Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Is Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology: 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 Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology?

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology 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 2.28.

Is Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology?