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Healthcare Management Forum

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1970

ISSN2352-3883

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.93

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.039

Total Worksi

2,684

Total Citationsi

12,224

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services; Health Policy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1970

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,684

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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

5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2352-3883

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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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?

N/A

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

2020

561

2021

1.1k

2022

581

2023

105

288

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 PolicyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesHealth Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealthcare Policy and ManagementHealthcare Quality and ManagementHealth, Medicine and SocietyHealthcare Systems and PracticesHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesAcademic Writing and PublishingEducational Robotics and EngineeringHealth Policy Implementation Science

Frequently asked questions about Healthcare Management Forum

Is Healthcare Management Forum a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Healthcare Management Forum: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Healthcare Management Forum?

Healthcare Management Forum 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 1.24.

Is Healthcare Management Forum indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Healthcare Management Forum is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Healthcare Management Forum?