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Health Technology Assessment

NIHR Journals Library · United Kingdom · Est. 1997

ISSN2046-4924

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ 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

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⚡ 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 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.021

H-Indexi

199

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.685

Total Worksi

1,922

Total Citationsi

163,808

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

FrequencyIrregular

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,922

Publisher OrgNIHR Journals Library

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~53 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

NIHR Journals Library

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2046-4924

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

3.1k

2018

3.1k

2019

2.6k

2020

2.1k

2021

2022

386

2023

592

2024

188

139

2025

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

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & Services

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeMeta-analysis and systematic reviewsRheumatoid Arthritis Research and TherapiesPelvic floor disorders treatmentsHealth Policy Implementation ScienceAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesDelphi Technique in ResearchDigital Mental Health InterventionsPreterm Birth and ChorioamnionitisRetinal Diseases and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Health Technology Assessment

Is Health Technology Assessment a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health Technology Assessment: 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 Technology Assessment?

Health Technology Assessment 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 2.34.

Is Health Technology Assessment indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health Technology Assessment is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Health Technology Assessment?