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Health Economics Review

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1975

ISSN2191-1991eISSN2191-1991

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total75

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.915

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.157

Total Works

822

Total Citations

14,130

2yr Mean Citedness

2.49

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on the economic evaluation of health interventions, technologies, and policies. It publishes studies that assess costs, cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, and patient preferences related to healthcare services, pharmaceuticals, and digital health technologies. The scope includes analyses from various perspectives, such as societal, healthcare system, and patient viewpoints, often utilizing methods like systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and discrete choice experiments.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1975

Annual Volume~ 95 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications822

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~13 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSSLOCKSSPorticoKoninklijke Bibliotheek; Library of Congress; National Science Library, Chinese Academy of SciencesPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2191-1991 / 2191-1991

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico, Koninklijke Bibliotheek; Library of Congress; National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PMC

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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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

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2022

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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

EconomicsHealth Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare Systems and ReformsHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeGlobal Health Care IssuesHealthcare Policy and ManagementGlobal Maternal and Child HealthEconomic and Financial Impacts of CancerPrimary Care and Health OutcomesPharmaceutical Economics and PolicyEconomic and Environmental ValuationHealth disparities and outcomes