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Journal of Healthcare Leadership is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Dove Medical Press Ltd.
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ISSN 1179-3201Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Dove Medical Press Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership and Management | 6 / 41 | 86th | Q1 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 175 / 725 | 75th | Q1 |
| Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management | 92 / 254 | 63rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.
Journal of Healthcare Leadership is Q1 in Leadership and Management (rank 6 of 41), Q1 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 175 of 725) and Q2 in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (rank 92 of 254), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Healthcare Leadership 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 5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 86th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.097, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 30.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,320 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 Leadership is published by Dove Medical Press Ltd. Its ISSN is 1179-3201.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Healthcare Leadership has an h-index of 41 and a 2-year mean of 4.21 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #1 of 41 Scopus journals in Leadership and Management.
Journal of Healthcare Leadership published 65 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 100 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (21.1%), Somalia (10.5%) and China (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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