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BMC Health Services Research

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1888

ISSN1472-6963eISSN1472-6963

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

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?

280

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 260d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

1.215

H-Indexi

216

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.306

Total Worksi

17,714

Total Citationsi

504,049

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

BMC Health Services Research is an open access peer reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of health services research. The journal has a special focus on digital health, governance, health policy, health system quality and safety, healthcare delivery and access to healthcare, healthcare financing and economics, implementing reform and the health workforce. Directly aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and particularly SDG3 (Global health and wellbeing) Welcomes research emphasizing integrated approaches to health systems and cross-sector collaborations.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1888

Annual Volume~ 1,643 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications17,714

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2000

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

Review Time~23 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1472-6963 / 1472-6963

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Open

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, PMC

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

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

35k

2019

1.1k

34k

2020

1.4k

32k

2021

1.6k

29k

2022

1.5k

18k

2023

1.7k

11k

2024

1.8k

4.8k

2025

1.1k

119

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 PolicyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & Services

Scopus Categories

Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Maternal and Child HealthPrimary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Policy Implementation ScienceHealthcare Systems and ReformsHealthcare Policy and ManagementChronic Disease Management StrategiesGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesInterprofessional Education and CollaborationPatient Satisfaction in HealthcareHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Frequently asked questions about BMC Health Services Research

Is BMC Health Services Research a predatory journal?

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

What is the impact factor of BMC Health Services Research?

BMC Health Services Research 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 3.09.

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

BMC Health Services Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.