Journal profile

JAMA health forum

Publisher: American Medical Association
ISSN2689-0186 FormatOnline StatusCurrently indexed
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Journal Citation Impact

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

Impact Factor
4.17
Citation rate 5.64 3,219 total citations
h5-index 59 h5 depth signal
Cited share 74.9% 435 of 581
Total citations 3,219 Citation footprint
Metric signal 5.74 External metric anchor
Self-citation 4.3% 139 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 1,670
Canada 34
Australia 21
United Kingdom 20
China 16

Citing Fields of Research

Healthcare Policy 1,227
Patient Care 592
Health Education & Remote Healthcare 302
Medical Ethics 263
Substance Abuse 119

Publishing Activity & Reach

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

All-time article footprint 2,085 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 581 435 cited publications
Last 12 months 330 27.5 publications/month
Open access share 46.4% 153 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 1,670 citing publications
Leading citing field Healthcare Policy 1,227 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 2 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v1n1, Jan. 2020-
PubMed
v1n1, Jan. 2020-

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Healthcare Policy Patient Care Medical Ethics Substance Abuse Health Education & Remote Healthcare

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

issuing body
American Medical Association

Broad Categories

Epidemiology Public Health Patient Care Healthcare Policy Medical Ethics Substance Abuse

MeSH Descriptors

Delivery of Health Care Health Policy Public Health

Latest Publications

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

02
DOI 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.3746

Mental Health Ghost Networks in Commercial Insurance Plans

Open DOI
Simon Haeder, Yuqin Lou, Wendy Xu et al.
Importance: Whether network directories in commercial insurance plans, which cover the majority of insured US residents, reliably connect patients to mental health care has only seen limited testing. Objective: To assess network director...
03
DOI 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.3241

Avoiding a 2-Tier AI Ecosystem in Health Care

Open DOI
Brett Moran, Kedar S. Mate
This Viewpoint recommends policies that would redistribute the financial and oversight burdens of health care artificial intelligence (AI) to AI developers and federal agencies so that all health systems can fully realize its benefits.
06
Open DOI
Sara N. Bleich, Rita Hamad, Gina Plata-Nino
This JAMA Forum discusses changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) after passage of HR 1, the complexity of calculating payment error rates in the program, and the consequences of linking these rates to state cost ...
08
Open DOI
Kathryn E. Linehan, Bijan A. Niknam, Melinda B. Buntin
Importance: Medicare pays more for some procedures in the hospital outpatient department (HOPD) setting than it does for the same procedures in physician offices because of the facility fees paid to HOPDs under Medicare’s Outpatient Pros...
09
DOI 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2026.3611

Pharmacy Benefit Manager Involvement in the US Opioid Crisis

Open DOI
Amy Y. Hwang, Vietvi Trinh, Tracy Zhen et al.
Importance: The opioid crisis in the US has been attributed in part to the pharmaceutical industry’s inappropriate marketing of opioid medications. How pharmaceutical companies work with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to increase opioi...