Journal profile

Forum for health economics & policy

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISSN1558-9544 | 2194-6191 FormatOnline StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
2.23
Citation rate 1.92 23 total citations
h5-index 5 h5 depth signal
Cited share 41.7% 5 of 12
Total citations 23 Citation footprint
Metric signal 2.75 External metric anchor
Self-citation 4.3% 1 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 42
United Kingdom 3
Canada 1
Greece 1
India 1

Citing Fields of Research

Healthcare Policy 35
Economics 23
Medical Ethics 23
Patient Care 15
Health Education & Remote Healthcare 6

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 271 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 12 5 cited publications
Last 12 months 4 2.0 publications/month
Open access share 0.0% 0 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 42 citing publications
Leading citing field Healthcare Policy 35 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 1 June 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v21n1, June 2018-
PubMed
v21n1, June 2018-

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Medical Ethics Transplantation Healthcare Policy Economics

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
National Bureau of Economic Research

Broad Categories

Public Health Medical Ethics Nicotine Addiction Treatment

MeSH Descriptors

Economics, Medical Health Care Costs Health Policy

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

02
Jason Shafrin, Jaehong Kim, Jacob Fajnor et al.
Traditional cost-effectiveness analysis (TCEA) overlooks nonlinear patient health preferences, potentially under-valuing health gains for severe diseases and overvaluing health gains for less severe diseases. Generalized and risk-adjuste...
05
DOI 10.1515/fhep-2025-frontmatter1

Frontmatter

Open DOI
Article Frontmatter was published on June 1, 2025 in the journal Forum for Health Economics & Policy (volume 28, issue 1).
06
Stella M. Arndorfer, Elmar R. Alizadeh, Kavita Aggarwal et al.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of progressive lung diseases, leading to increased healthcare use, expenditures, and risk of mortality. In June 2024, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) released ...
08
DOI 10.1515/fhep-2024-frontmatter2

Frontmatter

Open DOI
Article Frontmatter was published on December 1, 2024 in the journal Forum for Health Economics & Policy (volume 27, issue 2).
09
Shooshan Danagoulian, Owen Fleming, Daniel Grossman et al.
Individuals of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) ancestry in the US have been the targets of anti-immigrant policies, counterterrorism operations, and vitriolic political rhetoric. Yet, lack of data identifying MENA individuals has...
10
Tomas J. Philipson, A. Mark Fendrick, Aarushi Kataria et al.
The rapid emergence of vaccines and therapeutics in response to the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic demonstrated the value of medical innovation. These advances not only led to enhanced patient welfare by reducing the diseas...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Description based on first issue; title from title banner (publisher's Web site, viewed Aug. 8, 2008).

Earlier vols.1-7 available in print from MIT Press.

Latest issue consulted: Vol. 11 (2008) (viewed Aug. 8, 2008).

Also issued in print.

Some volumes also called: Frontiers in health policy research.