Impact Factor
2.02
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
0.83
50 total citations
h5-index
8
h5 depth signal
Cited share
33.8%
22 of 65
Total citations
50
Citation footprint
Metric signal
0.73
External metric anchor
Self-citation
0.0%
0 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
Canada
169
United States
26
United Kingdom
13
Australia
5
France
2
Citing Fields of Research
Healthcare Policy
196
Patient Care
129
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
82
Palliative Care
43
Medical Ethics
36
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
945
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
65
22 cited publications
Last 12 months
20
10.0 publications/month
Open access share
0.0%
0 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
Canada
169 citing publications
Leading citing field
Healthcare Policy
196 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
30 June 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v1n1, winter 1999-
v1n1, winter 1999-
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Healthcare Policy
Broad Categories
Health Services
Healthcare Policy
Palliative Care
Anthropology
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
Patient Care
MeSH Descriptors
Medication Errors
Patient Satisfaction
Quality of Health Care
Safety
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.12927/hcpap.2026.27933
Open DOI
Social Prescribing as a Catalyst for System Transformation
Rising social, health and healthcare challenges in Canada signal a need for a paradigm shift. The papers in this issue lay out a vision for the future, building
02
DOI 10.12927/hcpap.2026.27932
Open DOI
Social Prescribing as Strategic Infrastructure: Unlocking Community Capacity for Sustainable Healthcare When Institutions Reach Their Limits
Canada's healthcare system is approaching structural limits: nearly $400 billion in annual spending, while nearly one in five Canadians is without a regular healthcare provider, emergency departments overflow and health inequities persis...
03
DOI 10.12927/hcpap.2026.27931
Open DOI
Equity-Driven and Community Empowerment-Focused Social Prescribing: Lessons from the Front Lines
Social prescribing offers an individual- and community-centred approach to addressing social isolation and a broader range of social risks to health and health inequities. The emerging Canadian model of social prescribing puts equity and...
04
DOI 10.12927/hcpap.2026.27930
Open DOI
From Innovation to Infrastructure: Embedding Social Prescribing in Canada's Care System
Social prescribing connects people to community-based supports that address the social determinants of health before crisis becomes the entry point to care. More than a service innovation, it is a systems-change strategy that challenges ...
05
DOI 10.12927/hcpap.2026.27929
Open DOI
Social Prescribing and the Welfare State
Current public policy does not create the conditions people need to be healthy. In this context, social prescribing, which identifies unmet needs in clinical care and links individuals to community-based resources that help meet those ne...
06
DOI 10.12927/hcpap.2026.27928
Open DOI
Social Prescribing as Strategic Infrastructure: An English Perspective
We agree with Mulligan's central argument but want to offer some notes of caution from the English context. We note that social prescribing is an idea rather than a coherent intervention, and different interpretations can lead to differi...
07
DOI 10.12927/hcpap.2026.27927
Open DOI
Bridging the Gap In Social Prescribing: “Lived Territories” As Community Pivots for Proximity-Based Health Systems
Mulligan’s framing of social prescribing as strategic infrastructure is compelling, but requires clearer operational grounding. This commentary highlights thr
08
DOI 10.12927/hcpap.2026.27926
Open DOI
Toward Community Health 2067: Social Prescribing, Learning Systems and the Making of an Enabling State
Building on commentaries about social prescribing as strategic infrastructure, this rejoinder advances the case for community investment, shared learning and lo
09
DOI 10.12927/hcpap.2025.27765
Open DOI
Are Canada’s health systems capable of innovation? Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
Canada lags its peers in health systems innovation. Ten years after the federal Advisory Panel on Healthcare Innovation released its report, progress remains limited. In this issue, Manns et al. (2025) revisit the recommendations of the ...
10
DOI 10.12927/hcpap.2025.27764
Open DOI
Ten-Year Anniversary of the Advisory Panel on Healthcare Innovation Report: Assessing Progress and What Is Left to Do
Federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose created the Advisory Panel on Healthcare Innovation, asking them to identify five priority innovation areas that would improve accessibility, quality of care and health spending. Their 2015 report fou...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Title from cover.
Print issues ceased with 2024.
Also issued online.