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IMPAQ
WoS SCIE Q3Scopus Q1SCImago #8,202Hybrid

International Journal of Health Economics and Management

Acronym:ihfe
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Identifier (ISSN):2199-9023(Print)/2199-9031(Online)
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Publisher:Springer Nature
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)
1.5↓ -0.2
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q3
WoS SCIEJCR Quartile
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2022–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for International Journal of Health Economics and Management

WoS Q3
12341.8420222.420231.520241.720251.52026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):1.5
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
0.703
#8,202

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
22

22 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ3
Self-Citation Rate0%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
28articles/year
44.44% Gold OA•100% Original Research

Aims & Scope

The focus of the International Journal of Health Economics and Management is on health care systems and on the behavior of consumers, patients, and providers of such services. The links among management, public policy, payment, and performance are core topics of the relaunched journal. The demand for health care and its cost remain central concerns. Even as medical innovation allows providers to improve the lives of their patients, questions remain about how to efficiently deliver health care services, how to pay for it, and who should pay for it. These are central questions facing innovators, providers, and payers in the public and private sectors. One key to answering these questions is to understand how people choose among alternative arrangements, either in markets or through the political process. The choices made by healthcare managers concerning the organization and production of that care are also crucial. There is an important connection between the management of a health care system and its economic performance. The primary audience for this journal will be health economists and researchers in health management, along with the larger group of health services researchers. In addition, research and policy analysis reported in the journal should be of interest to health care providers, managers and policymakers, who need to know about the pressures facing insurers and governments, with consequences for regulation and mandates. The editors of the journal encourage submissions that analyze the behavior and interaction of the actors in health care, viz. consumers, providers, insurers, and governments. Preference will be given to contributions that combine theoretical with empirical work, evaluate conflicting findings, present new information, or compare experiences between countries and jurisdictions. In addition to conventional research articles, the journal will include specific subsections for shorter concise research findings and cont ributions to management and policy that provide important descriptive data or arguments about what policies follow from research findings. The composition of the editorial board is designed to cover the range of interest among economics and management researchers.Officially cited as: Int J Health Econ ManagFrom 2001 to 2014 the journal was published as International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics. (Articles published in Vol. 1-14 officially cited as: Int J Health Care Finance Econ)

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Economics94.9%Political science79%Law78.4%Business77.8%Medicine76.7%Economic growth68.8%Health care63.6%Mathematics54%Computer science48.3%Sociology43.2%Pathology42.6%Statistics39.8%Actuarial science39.2%Environmental health37.5%Biology37.5%Finance36.4%Nursing34.7%Demography33.5%Microeconomics31.8%Philosophy30.7%Demographic economics30.1%Market economy30.1%Internal medicine29.5%Psychology29%Population27.3%Econometrics25.6%Machine learning23.3%Public economics23.3%Health insurance23.3%Physics22.7%
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRSSCI2026

BUSINESS, FINANCE

Q3
Rank153/243
IndexSSCI
JCRSSCI2026

ECONOMICS

Q3
Rank317/626
IndexSSCI
JCRSSCI2026

HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES

Q4
Rank101/125
IndexSSCI
JCISSCI2026

BUSINESS, FINANCE

Q2
Rank118/243
IndexSSCI
JCISSCI2026

ECONOMICS

Q2
Rank308/627
IndexSSCI
JCISSCI2026

HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES

Q4
Rank100/125
IndexSSCI

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF1.5
Articles / Year15
Total Citations0
2025
IF1.7
Articles / Year16
Total Citations7
2024
IF1.5
Articles / Year25
Total Citations87
2023
IF2.4
Articles / Year22
Total Citations112
2022
IF1.837
Articles / Year22
Total Citations223

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #8,202Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2015-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Economics, Econometrics and FinanceMedicine
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
0.703

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
2.49

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,030 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations182
3-Year Documents75
Citable Documents75

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)3

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate43.5%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q1
Health PolicyQ2
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 0%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
3区 (Zone 3)Economics
Minor Category (Specific Field):
3区BUSINESS, FINANCE
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

International Journal of Health Economics and Management (acronym: ihfe, ISSN: 2199-9023) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Multiple, published by Springer Nature in United States. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 1.50, ranking in quartile Q3 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.703 (Q1), an H-index of 22.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with a publication frequency of 4 issues per year, an annual output of approximately 28 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,030 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Hybrid
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Language
English
Frequency
4 issues per year
Indexing & Databases
SSCIScopusPubMed

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Database Updated: 2026-10-01