Health Affairs Scholar

eISSN: 2976-5390• JCR: HLTH AFF SCHOxford University Press
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2026 Impact Factor

4.1

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 1.4 (+51.9%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    4.1
  2. Metric year 2024

    2.7

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICESESCIQ1
HEALTH POLICY & SERVICESESCIQ1
Q1
JCR Quartile
B4
CAS Block

Health Affairs Scholar current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Medicine

Ranked #1,206 in Medicine by impact factor and #1,084 among Q1 Medicine journals. This context helps compare Health Affairs Scholar against journals publishing in the same field.

#1,206
of 6,225 field journals

Health Affairs Scholar publication trend

Published 668 papers across the last 4 recorded years with a current impact factor of 4.1.

2026 vs 2025: -114
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Journal Details

Total Articles
670
H-Index
17
Open Access
Yes
Subject Areas
Economics and EconometricsGeneral Health ProfessionsEconomics and EconometricsEconomics and Econometrics

Article Volume

2023
86
2024
174
2025
261
2026
147
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