Impact Factor
3.33
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
2.65
763 total citations
h5-index
35
h5 depth signal
Cited share
62.6%
199 of 318
Total citations
763
Citation footprint
Metric signal
1.84
External metric anchor
Self-citation
11.0%
84 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United Kingdom
381
United States
312
Canada
278
Australia
240
Netherlands
150
Citing Fields of Research
Healthcare Policy
1,200
Patient Care
476
Medical Ethics
262
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
228
Political Science & International Relations
142
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
2,181
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
318
199 cited publications
Last 12 months
137
11.4 publications/month
Open access share
47.4%
65 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United Kingdom
381 citing publications
Leading citing field
Healthcare Policy
1,200 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
30 September 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v4n1, Jan. 2015-
v1, June 2013-
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Healthcare Policy
Patient Care
Medical Ethics
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
issuing body
Dānishgāh-i ʻUlūm-i Pizishkī va Khadamāt-i Bihdāshtī-i Darmānī-i Kirmān
Broad Categories
Health Services
Public Health
Healthcare Policy
Medical Ethics
Patient Care
Political Science & International Relations
MeSH Descriptors
Health Policy
Public Health Administration
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.34172/ijhpm.9519
Open DOI
When Political Influence Undermines Evidence: The Risks of Unsubstantiated Medical Claims
02
DOI 10.34172/ijhpm.9851
Open DOI
Economic Evaluation of Screening Strategies for Thalassaemia Prevention: A Case Study From Thailand
Background: Thalassaemia is a genetic blood disorder endemic in Thailand. Management of severe thalassaemia utilises significant resources posing a substantial socio-economic burden; thus, prevention has been identified as a more sustain...
03
DOI 10.34172/ijhpm.10299
Open DOI
The Challenge of Translating Value in Performance Measures: A Response to Recent Commentaries
04
05
DOI 10.34172/ijhpm.9733
Open DOI
Barriers and Facilitators to National UHC Health Reform Implementation: A Qualitative Case Study of Sláintecare in Ireland
Background: While universal health coverage (UHC) is at the fore of contemporary international health system discourses, its introduction often necessitates far-reaching reforms and countries face a number of challenges to implementation...
06
DOI 10.34172/ijhpm.10217
Open DOI
Measuring Quality or Measuring Noise? Lessons From the Dutch Breast Cancer Audit Comment on "Comprehensive Evaluation of Quality Indicators: Analyzing the Dutch Breast Cancer Audit"
Cancer registries and clinical audits are increasingly used to compare healthcare performance across institutions. However, observed differences between hospitals are often interpreted as true differences in quality without considering w...
07
DOI 10.34172/ijhpm.10214
Open DOI
From Measuring Performance to Measuring What Matters: Rethinking Quality Indicators in Breast Cancer Care Comment on "Comprehensive Evaluation of Quality Indicators: Analyzing the Dutch Breast Cancer Audit"
Quality indicators (QIs) are central to benchmarking, accountability, and quality improvement, yet their ability to capture meaningful differences in healthcare quality cannot be assumed. Building on Verheul and colleagues’ evaluation of...
08
DOI 10.34172/ijhpm.10161
Open DOI
Learning Care Pathways: Real Promise but Real Impact? Comment on "Learning Care Pathways Framework: A New Method to Implement, Learn, Replicate, and Scale up Care Pathways for and With the Patient"
This commentary presents a critical review of the paper proposed by Gartner and colleagues that describes a novel method and framework for implementing care pathways that incorporate key mechanisms from the learning health system (LHS) c...
09
DOI 10.34172/ijhpm.9480
Open DOI
Household Out-of-Pocket Spending on Medicines in Poland: Modest and Unequal Effects of the Medicines 75+ Program
Background: Out-of-pocket payments for medicines are the main driver of financial hardship for households in most countries in Europe, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The aim of this study was to analyze household spend...
10
The 2025–2026 withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) represents one of the most consequential disruptions to global health governance in the postwar era. In the Americas, its effects are already visible:...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Articles published as they become available and compiled into annual volume.