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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

/ 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?

252

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 230d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.789

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.88

Total Worksi

906

Total Citationsi

18,485

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.94

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Policy & Services; Health Policy.

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

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

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1478-7547 / 1478-7547

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

❌

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

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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

642

2019

1.3k

2020

1.2k

2021

649

2022

951

2023

481

2024

107

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 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

Frequently asked questions about Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Is Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation: 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 Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation?

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 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 1.94.

Is Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation?