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Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.2), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer International Publishing.
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ISSN 2509-4971Verify ISSN ↗2509-498XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Cost to publish: About US$3,490 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Informatics | 31 / 168 | 81st | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 195 / 1022 | 80th | Q1 |
| Information Systems | 106 / 519 | 79th | Q1 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 123 / 570 | 78th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.2.
Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research is Q1 in Health Informatics (rank 31 of 168), Q1 in Computer Science Applications (rank 195 of 1022) and Q1 in Information Systems (rank 106 of 519), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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 8.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 81st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.934, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 25.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,490 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.
Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research is published by Springer International Publishing. Its print ISSN is 2509-4971 and its online ISSN is 2509-498X.
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 Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research has an h-index of 33 and a 2-year mean of 6.42 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #21 of 151 Scopus journals in Health Informatics.
Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research published 46 papers in 2025. 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 98 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (31.1%), Italy (8.9%) and United Kingdom (7%).
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.
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