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Healthcare Policy

Longwoods Publishing Corp. · Canada · Est. 2002

ISSN1715-6580

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.533

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.582

Total Worksi

1,014

Total Citationsi

11,455

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Health Policy.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 44 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,014

Publisher OrgLongwoods Publishing

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Longwoods Publishing Corp.

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1715-6580

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, PubMed

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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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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?

N/A

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

465

2019

403

2020

434

2021

266

2022

195

2023

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.

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Health PolicyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealthcare Policy and ManagementHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeGlobal Health Workforce IssuesPharmaceutical Economics and PolicyHealth Policy Implementation ScienceGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesPatient Satisfaction in HealthcareHealthcare cost, quality, practicesGlobal Health Care Issues

Frequently asked questions about Healthcare Policy

Is Healthcare Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Healthcare Policy: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 Healthcare Policy?

Healthcare Policy is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.533.

Is Healthcare Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Healthcare Policy is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Healthcare Policy?