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Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 2000

ISSN1387-3741eISSN1572-9400

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total68

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?

198

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 165d

SJR Rank

Top 75% 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 ↗

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SJR Scorei

0.472

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

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—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

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?

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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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

2019

256

2020

328

2021

329

2022

2023

122

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. Its PubScope Trust Score is 68/100. 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?