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Health Services and Delivery Research

National Institute for Health Research · United Kingdom · Est. 2013

ISSN2050-4349eISSN2050-4357

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ DOAJ-listed52

Total52

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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

343

Total Citationsi

11,527

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on the organization, delivery, and effectiveness of health services, with a focus on interventions and their implementation within various healthcare settings in the UK. It examines how different contexts influence service outcomes and explores the experiences of both patients and healthcare professionals. The research often employs mixed-methods approaches, including realist evaluations and syntheses, to understand complex healthcare challenges.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

Annual Volume~ 25 articles / year

Status⚠️ Inactive

Total Publications343

Publisher OrgNIHR Journals Library

OA Since2017

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewAnonymous peer review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicensePublisher's own license

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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8/12 · 67%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

National Institute for Health Research

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2050-4349 / 2050-4357

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Anonymous peer review

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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)?

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

1.8k

2015

1.3k

2016

1.3k

2017

1.5k

2018

933

2019

785

2020

683

2021

2022

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.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Primary Care and Health OutcomesEmergency and Acute Care StudiesGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealthcare Policy and ManagementHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeMental Health and Patient InvolvementChronic Disease Management StrategiesHealthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Policy Implementation SciencePalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Frequently asked questions about Health Services and Delivery Research

Is Health Services and Delivery Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health Services and Delivery Research: it is indexed in DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 52/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Health Services and Delivery Research?

Health Services and Delivery Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

Is Health Services and Delivery Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health Services and Delivery Research is indexed in DOAJ.