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BMC Health Services Research

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New: Secondary analysis of insurance claims for policymaking

Guest Edited by Eva Blozik & Dennis Häckl

New: Delivering better health services through patient-centered care

Guest Edited by Rendelle E. Bolton & Pavani Rangachari

Improving care for people with disabilities

Guest Edited by Linda Long-Bellil & Janelle Weise

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Advancing epidemic preparedness of health systems 

Guest edited by Yibeltal Assefa Alemu, Carl Abelardo T. Antonio​​​​​, Julie ​​​Balen & Megan Schmidt-Sane

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Health services for substance use disorders

Guest edited by Chaisiri Angkurawaranon, Berkeley Franz, João Pedro Silva

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Health workforce planning

Guest edited by Madhan Balasubramanian and
Sunny C. Okoroafor

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  3. Authors: Catarina Cardoso Tomás, Emanuel Oliveira, D. Sousa, M. Uba-Chupel, G. Furtado, C. Rocha, A. Teixeira, P. Ferreira, Celeste Alves, Stefan Gisin, Elisabete Catarino, Nelma Carvalho, Tiago Coucelo, Luís Bonfim, Carina Silva, Débora Franco…

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Innovations for better health and social justice
Edited by: Dr. Magdalena Szaflarski
Collection published: 30th May 2022

Advancing Dementia Care
Edited by: Dr. Clarissa Giebel and Tillie Cryer
Collection published: 13 May 2020

Health Services Research for Opioid Use Disorders
Edited by: Dr. Kim Hoffman
Collection published: 31 March 2020

Management of Infectious Diseases in Health Systems and Services
Edited by: Tillie Cryer
Collection published: 19 March 2020

Aims and scope

BMC Health Services Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of health services research. The journal has a special focus on digital health, governance, health policy, health system quality and safety, healthcare delivery and access to healthcare, healthcare financing and economics, implementing reform, and the health workforce.
 

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Annual journal metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 2.7
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 3.1
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.177
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.029

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 26
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 198

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 11,190,375
    Altmetric mentions: 8,159

Peer-review Terminology

  • The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:

    Identity transparency: Single anonymized

    Reviewer interacts with: Editor

    Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication

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