Impact Factor
3.96
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
6.60
846 total citations
h5-index
36
h5 depth signal
Cited share
82.8%
111 of 134
Total citations
846
Citation footprint
Metric signal
3.66
External metric anchor
Self-citation
2.2%
19 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
426
United Kingdom
39
Canada
25
Australia
16
Netherlands
5
Citing Fields of Research
Healthcare Policy
343
Patient Care
125
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
85
Medical Ethics
65
Political Science & International Relations
41
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
1,850
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
134
111 cited publications
Last 12 months
78
7.1 publications/month
Open access share
60.3%
47 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
426 citing publications
Leading citing field
Healthcare Policy
343 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
10 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v64n1, 1986-
v64n1, 1986-
Active Coverage
v64n1, 1986-1994
1995-1999
Active Coverage
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Healthcare Policy
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
Contributor
Milbank Memorial Fund
Broad Categories
Health Services
Public Health
Healthcare Policy
Patient Care
Medical Ethics
Political Science & International Relations
Psychiatry & Psychology
MeSH Descriptors
Delivery of Health Care
Public Health
United States
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1111/1468-0009.70135
Open DOI
Child Health Challenges, Ecosystem Mismatches, and the Case for State‐Level Policy Innovation
Policy Points: From 2011‐2023, US children's health deteriorated across >170 indicators. Chronic conditions rose from 25.8% to 31%, risk of anxiety tripled, and autism and learning disability more than doubled. Policies based on biomedic...
02
DOI 10.1111/1468-0009.70133
Open DOI
Health Inequalities, Intersectionality, and Justice
Policy Points: Population health science that uses large data sets to study health inequalities increasingly draws on intersectionality, the idea that overlapping forms of disadvantage shape health inequalities. This approach is essentia...
03
DOI 10.1111/1468-0009.70132
Open DOI
State Labor Market Policies and Health
Policy Points: Starting in the 2000s, state governments began adopting labor market policies, including minimum wage laws, earned income tax credits, paid family and medical leave programs, paid sick leave mandates, and scheduling laws. ...
04
DOI 10.1111/1468-0009.70118
Open DOI
US Life Expectancy and Increasing Mortality Rates: An Analysis of the Crisis
Policy Points: US life expectancy is shorter than in other high‐income countries and the gap has widened dramatically over time, driven in particular by rising mortality rates that threaten the probability that youth can survive to middl...
05
DOI 10.1111/1468-0009.70134
Open DOI
In the September 2026 Issue of the Quarterly
06
DOI 10.1111/1468-0009.70131
Open DOI
Certified Nurse‐Midwife Practice Authority as a Structural Determinant of Maternal Health
Policy Points: State scope‐of‐practice restrictions on certified nurse‐midwives are associated with lower workforce density and higher maternal vulnerability. In fact, 25 states currently impose collaborative or restricted practice envir...
07
DOI 10.1111/1468-0009.70128
Open DOI
Addressing Social and Cultural Needs with Lean Management in a National Sample of US Physician Practices
Policy Points: This national study of US physician practices finds that lean management, an approach to operational excellence and continuous quality improvement, can support integration of social and cultural services in primary care. T...
08
DOI 10.1111/1468-0009.70130
Open DOI
The Czech Conundrum: Institutional Trust Erosion and COVID‐19 Pandemic Mortality
Policy Points: Institutional trust appears to constitute an essential component of pandemic preparedness. Czech excess mortality—49% higher than Austria's and approximately twice the European mean—illustrates that governance failures can...
09
DOI 10.1111/1468-0009.70127
Open DOI
The State of Primary Care in the United States
Policy Points: Primary care, when done well, is the country's most cost‐effective solution to runaway costs and widening health outcome gaps. Primary care is increasingly starved for resources, with associated reductions in relational co...
10
DOI 10.1111/1468-0009.70126
Open DOI
The Inverted Circuit: Attribution, Answerability, and Accountability in Canadian Health Governance
Policy Points: Canada and the United States have not failed for want of accountability mechanisms in health governance. They have failed because accountability is repeatedly invoked where attribution and answerability are not already sta...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Supplements accompany some vols.
Also issued online.
v. 64, no. 1 (1986)-Will not microfilm 20040413
Vol. 72, no. 4 (1994)19950518 Notice not published Printed on acid-free paper