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Health Systems and Reform

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United States · Est. 2014

ISSN2328-8604eISSN2328-8620

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 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

0.862

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.071

Total Worksi

414

Total Citationsi

8,640

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Policy & Services; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Health Informatics; Health Information Management; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications414

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2328-8604 / 2328-8620

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, Scholars Portal, CLOCKSS

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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

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

1.6k

2019

994

2020

411

2021

509

2022

377

2023

297

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.

Health InformaticsQ2

Health Information ManagementQ2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Policy & ServicesPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Health Information ManagementHealth InformaticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare Systems and ReformsGlobal Maternal and Child HealthGlobal Health Care IssuesHealthcare Policy and ManagementGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifePrimary Care and Health OutcomesPharmaceutical Economics and PolicyDisaster Response and ManagementHealth disparities and outcomes

Frequently asked questions about Health Systems and Reform

Is Health Systems and Reform a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health Systems and Reform: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Health Systems and Reform?

Health Systems and Reform 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 3.90.

Is Health Systems and Reform indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health Systems and Reform is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Health Systems and Reform?