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Health Systems

Taylor and Francis Inc. · United States · Est. 2012

ISSN2047-6973

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total84

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?

403

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 393d

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.445

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.925

Total Worksi

307

Total Citationsi

4,044

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Health Systems brings together critical health operations and IT research and commentary. It takes a multidisciplinary approach to address systems-level research and discussions relating to health systems, services and informatics, reflecting health outcomes, including from business and health policy perspectives.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 21 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications307

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2047-6973

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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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

452

2019

261

2020

138

2021

232

2022

178

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.

Information SystemsQ2

Computer Science ApplicationsQ3

Health InformaticsQ3

Health Information ManagementQ3

Health PolicyQ3

Human-Computer InteractionQ3

Management Science and Operations ResearchQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Health Information ManagementInformation SystemsComputer Science ApplicationsManagement Science and Operations ResearchHuman-Computer InteractionHealth InformaticsHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare Operations and Scheduling OptimizationHealthcare Policy and ManagementElectronic Health Records SystemsHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeHealthcare Systems and TechnologyHospital Admissions and OutcomesEmergency and Acute Care StudiesMobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsPrimary Care and Health OutcomesCOVID-19 epidemiological studies

Frequently asked questions about Health Systems

Is Health Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health Systems: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Health Systems?

Health Systems 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 1.59.

Is Health Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.