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Health Policy

Elsevier Ireland Ltd · Ireland · Est. 1984

ISSN1872-6054

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

1.44

H-Indexi

159

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.486

Total Worksi

6,481

Total Citationsi

199,547

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services; Health Policy.

General Information

Country / RegionIreland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,481

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ireland Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1872-6054

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

177

4.9k

2019

203

4.5k

2020

179

4.8k

2021

164

2.4k

2022

156

1.7k

2023

170

1.5k

2024

232

507

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesHealth Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare Policy and ManagementHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeGlobal Health Care IssuesPrimary Care and Health OutcomesHealthcare Systems and ReformsPharmaceutical Economics and PolicyHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesGlobal Maternal and Child HealthEducational Robotics and Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Health Policy

Is Health Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health Policy: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Health Policy?

Health Policy 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 3.55.

Is Health Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Health Policy?

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services; Health Policy.

Health Policy

Aims & Scope

General Information

Submission Info

Ethics & Quality

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

Publication & Citation Trend

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Subject Classification

Frequently asked questions about Health Policy

Is Health Policy a predatory journal?

What is the impact factor of Health Policy?

Is Health Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

What is the aims and scope of Health Policy?

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