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Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2003

ISSN1478-7547eISSN1478-7547

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total68

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.659

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.88

Total Works

906

Total Citations

18,485

2yr Mean Citedness

1.94

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on the economic evaluation of healthcare interventions and resource allocation. It publishes studies that assess the cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, and overall economic burden of various medical treatments, procedures, and care pathways across different diseases and populations. The analyses often consider societal, payer, or healthcare system perspectives and utilize methodologies such as cost-effectiveness analysis, cost-utility analysis, and health economic modeling.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 95 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications906

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2002

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~34 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

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10/12 · 83%

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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?

1478-7547 / 1478-7547

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Health PolicyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeHealthcare Systems and ReformsGlobal Maternal and Child HealthGlobal Health Care IssuesHealthcare Policy and ManagementEconomic and Financial Impacts of CancerEconomic and Environmental ValuationPharmaceutical Economics and PolicyPrimary Care and Health OutcomesEfficiency Analysis Using DEA