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Health Economics, Policy and Law

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1976

ISSN1744-1331eISSN1744-134X

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?

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.902

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.235

Total Worksi

822

Total Citationsi

13,973

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Health Economics, Policy and Law is a leading international journal that publishes high-quality research on the economics, policy and law of health and healthcare. It aims to foster interdisciplinary research and debate on the challenges facing health systems worldwide. The journal covers a wide range of topics, including health care financing, health care regulation, health care markets, health care reform, health technology assessment, health workforce, health economics, health policy, health law, public health, and health services research.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications822

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

OA Since2024

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~31 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1744-1331 / 1744-134X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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?

N/A

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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

Citations received

321

2019

379

2020

768

2021

198

2022

191

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.

Health PolicyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare Policy and ManagementHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeGlobal Health Care IssuesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesPrimary Care and Health OutcomesLegal case studies and regulationsHealthcare Systems and ReformsHealthcare cost, quality, practicesPharmaceutical Economics and PolicyGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

Frequently asked questions about Health Economics, Policy and Law

Is Health Economics, Policy and Law a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health Economics, Policy and Law: 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 Health Economics, Policy and Law?

Health Economics, Policy and Law 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 1.20.

Is Health Economics, Policy and Law indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health Economics, Policy and Law is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.