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European Journal of Health Economics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.9), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer International Publishing.
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ISSN 1618-7598Verify ISSN ↗1618-7601Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Cost to publish: About US$4,790 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Policy | 34 / 330 | 89th | Q1 |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) | 35 / 283 | 87th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2002–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.9.
European Journal of Health Economics is Q1 in Health Policy (rank 34 of 330) and Q1 in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (rank 35 of 283), by CiteScore 2025.
European Journal of Health Economics is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 6.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 89th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.062, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 75.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,790 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
European Journal of Health Economics is published by Springer International Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1618-7598 and its online ISSN is 1618-7601.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Applied economics.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Economics, Econometrics and Statistics field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
European Journal of Health Economics has an h-index of 98 and a 2-year mean of 2.52 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #75 of 327 Scopus journals in Health Policy.
European Journal of Health Economics published 130 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 166. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Germany (13.5%), Italy (12%) and Spain (9.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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