About the Journal

 eISSN: 2795-5567 

This Journal is developed in cooperation with The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital (Shandong, China).

The International Healthcare Review (online) was established in June 2022. 

Being a high quality double-blind refereed Journal, IHR provides an international forum for discussion of current trends and dissemination of knowledge to support evidence-based practice and the improvement of the provision of healthcare around the World, with a special emphasis  in Nursing Care, Public Health, Social Care and related Healthcare Management topics.

Publishing model: Hybrid (Transformative Journal)

eISSN: 2795-5567  ISI Impact Factor 2022-2025: 1.2 (see explanation below)

Acceptance Rate (2022/2023/2024/2025): 59%     

-     Rejection Rate (2022/2023,2024/2025): 38%

    Average Days for First Decision in 2022/2023/2024/2025: 10 Days  

    Average Days for Publication Online in 2022/2023/2024/2025: 40 days

Publishing Fees (NOT APPLIED DURING 2023/2024/2025/2026): 

           Open Access (OA) APC: is Optional as IHR is a Hybrid Journal; 

           Authors are not obliged to Publish in OA (please contact the Editorial Office for details).

From June 2025, the Journal applies the automatic submission of uploaded content to the iThenticate service for plagiarism checking.

Most articles published in the International Healthcare Review (IHR) are Open Access (optional) and should be freely available for worldwide access. The Journal does NOT charge publishing fees during 2025. However, this policy may change in the Future, namely, from the third year of the Journal’s activity. Please contact the Editor-in-Chief if you have any doubts on this aspect.

  - International Healthcare Review (online) (eISSN: 2795-5567):  is the publication being developed and indexed for all relevant purposes;

IHR is very supportive of professionals and first-time-authors as well as undergraduate and post-graduate healthcare students aiming to publish their academic work and reach an international audience.

We support our published authors to promote their articles after publishing. We may suggest your article for social media promotion and produce authors' interviews to be disseminated through Podcast or video formats to share your work through global online partners and associated platforms.

IHR is the scientific sponsoring partner of several annual scientific events and international professional associations. Check our news and subscribe to our Future newsletters.

You can join our  Editor's Linkedin community, with over 23,000 followers, where we welcome our authors and promote their work: https://www.linkedin.com/in/international-healthcare-by-paulo-moreira/

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IHR is Indexed in ISI: International Scientific Indexing (ISI) (isindexing.com)

                                                             ISI IMPACT FACTOR 2023: 0.9 (as in JCR criteria)

                                                             ISI IMPACT FACTOR 2022: 0.585 (as in JCR criteria)

The impact score (IS) 2023 of  International Healthcare Review (online) is 0.9, which is computed in 2023 as per its definition. The impact score (IS), also denoted as Journal impact score (JIS), of a scientific journal is a measure of the yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in that journal. It is based on a mixture of data extracted from Google Scholar, CrossRef and using the same methods as other scientific databases monitored by ISI including Scopus data.

Since its inception in June 2022 the International Healthcare Review (online) follows and adopts the principles of the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which is a world-wide initiative designed to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated. We’re supporting responsible research assessment practices by rolling out a broader range of journal and article metrics publicly available, and helping authors gain deeper insights into the impact of their work. 

ISI is the Journal's first assessment and is evaluated since the year of 2022. Other Assessments will be undertaken in the Future and published in the Journal's website.

Overall, Impact Factor (IF) is the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. The large international publishers assume that only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) or Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) have an Impact Factor. However, other independent organizations also undertake the same evaluation and can attribute an  indicative IF applying the same criteria. That is the case of ISI. 

The International Healthcare Review (online) is a Signatory of DORA

DORA is the International Declaration and Guidance for Transparent and truthful assessment of Research Impact. It aims to combat the many falsified Impact Factor information disseminated by a large number of journals, including many published by the leading global publishers.

You can check the DORA  (the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment) here: https://sfdora.org/read/ 

iHR Editor-in-Chief is a member of:

 

Announcements

EHMA 2026 Conference (European Health Management Association) 10-12 June Barcelona, Spain

18-04-2026

IHR (International Healthcare Review - Online) is partnering with EHMA (the European Health Management Association) and promoting the 2026 Conference, taking place in 10-12 June in Spain.

The EHMA 2026 theme is ‘Future-proofing health systems for a changing world: from strategy to action’ and it highlights the need to embed foresight, agility, and continuous improvement into health systems.

This year’s conference will explore how to bridge long-term vision with day-to-day implementation — addressing priorities such as prevention, workforce transformation, digital innovation, sustainability, and equity in access.

Follow the Link for more details: EHMA 2026 - Taking action to improve health for all 

or alternatively copy & paste: https://ehmaconference.org/ 

Read more about EHMA 2026 Conference (European Health Management Association) 10-12 June Barcelona, Spain

Current Issue

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These are the Online Versions of Articles before possible inclusion in one of the two Issues published per year (June and December).

IHR Publishes two Independent Publications: 

  - International Healthcare Review (online) (eISSN: 2795-5567): this is the publication being developed and indexed for all relevant international publishing purposes;

  - International Healthcare Review (Print Edition / ISSN: 2795-4854): this publication is independent from the Online edition and it is produced as a optional complimentary Print version for selected articles. Please contact the Editor for further details.

Not all articles published online are included in the Print Edition.  

Published: 10-08-2022

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 eISSN: 2795-5567  International Healthcare Review (online)

INDEXED SINCE Jan/2023 IN ISI：

ISI IMPACT FACTOR 2022： 0.585  (Certificate)

IHR is Indexed in ISI: International Scientific Indexing (ISI) (isindexing.com)

                                                             ISI IMPACT FACTOR 2022: 0.585 (JCR criteria)

The impact score (IS) 2021 of  International Healthcare Review (online) is 0.585, which is computed in 2022 as per its definition. The impact score (IS), also denoted as Journal impact score (JIS), of a scientific journal is a measure of the yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in that journal. It is based on a mixture of data extracted from Google Scholar, CrossRef and using the same methods as other scientific databases monitored by ISI including Scopus data.

SInce its inception in June 2022 the Interntaional Healthcare Review (online) follows and adopts the principles of the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which is a world-wide initiative designed to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated. Scientific Publishers are supporting responsible research assessment practices by rolling out a broader range of journal and article metrics publicly available, and helping authors gain deeper insights into the impact of their work. IHR subscribes to this global purpose.

ISI is the Journal's first assessment and it evaluated the year of 2022. Other Assessments will be undertaken in the Future and published in the Journal's website.

IHR is Currently also Indexed in:

Scielo | Observatório de Políticas Públicas

Google Scholar Metrics - Measuring your Research Impact - LibGuides at University of California San Diego

 

Please note that, IHR was founded in June 2022 and will be under indexation and Abstracting Evaluation processes during 2023-2024 in:

  1. EBSCO
  2. Pubmed
  3. Scopus
  4. ASI: Advance Science Index (European Science evaluation center)
  5. DOAJ
  6. Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources (ROAD)   
  7. Web of Science (ESCI)
  8. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
  9. Google Scolar
  10. www.scimagojr.com/ CiteFactor (SCIMago)
  11. ISI (International Scientfiic Indexing)
  12. Index Copernicus International (IIC Journals Master List)

Results in the Reports from the above indexing/abstracting and Quality Evaluaton entities will be disclosed in the Journal's website as they become available. The first Rpeort received is from ISI and the results are published above.

You may contact the editorial office for more details or updates: [email protected] 

 

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