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Health Research Policy and Systems

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1976

ISSN1478-4505eISSN1478-4505

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.315

H-Indexi

107

SNIPi

1.519

Total Worksi

1,856

Total Citationsi

61,663

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.66

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Policy & Services; Health Policy; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

FrequencyIrregular

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,856

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2002

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

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

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1478-4505 / 1478-4505

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

LOCKSS, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

109

2019

137

7.3k

2020

155

5.1k

2021

143

3.3k

2022

138

1.9k

2023

179

1.4k

2024

170

482

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 PolicyQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health Policy Implementation ScienceGlobal Maternal and Child HealthGlobal Health and SurgeryHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeMental Health and Patient InvolvementGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyHealth Sciences Research and EducationHealthcare Systems and ReformsPrimary Care and Health OutcomesHealth and Medical Research Impacts

Frequently asked questions about Health Research Policy and Systems

Is Health Research Policy and Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health Research Policy and Systems: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Research Policy and Systems?

Health Research Policy and Systems 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 3.66.

Is Health Research Policy and Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health Research Policy and Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Health Research Policy and Systems?