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Forum for Health Economics and Policy

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 1980

ISSN2194-6191

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.377

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.406

Total Worksi

274

Total Citationsi

3,559

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.82

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous); Health Policy.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1980

Annual Volume~ 6 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications274

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2194-6191

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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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?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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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.

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q2

Health PolicyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare Policy and ManagementGlobal Health Care IssuesHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifePharmaceutical Economics and PolicyHealth disparities and outcomesPrimary Care and Health OutcomesRetirement, Disability, and EmploymentEmployment and Welfare StudiesHealthcare Systems and ReformsGender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Forum for Health Economics and Policy

Is Forum for Health Economics and Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Forum for Health Economics and Policy: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Forum for Health Economics and Policy?

Forum for Health Economics and Policy is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.377.

Is Forum for Health Economics and Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Forum for Health Economics and Policy is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Forum for Health Economics and Policy?