Health Affairs Scholar

Aims & Scope

Health Affairs Scholar is a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal of emerging and global health policy. The journal aims to share new research and evidence with swift online publication, covering core health policy topics such as health care costs, access, quality, and equity.

The journal highlights innovative cross-cutting research and commentary in health care technology, population health, and global health. It also explores emerging health policy research areas and research from intersecting fields of scholarship such as the environment, health, and social services, housing, transportation, income, and justice.

The journal's scope includes, but is not limited to, the following broad topic areas: Access to Care, Quality, Equity, Delivery and Clinical Innovation, Costs and Health Economics, Global Health Policy, Intersections with Health, Policy and Commentary, Population Health, Public Health and the Health Care Safety Net, and Technology, Innovation, Data, and Pharmaceuticals.

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Google Scholar

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Health Professions, Medicine and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Apc url
• Waiver url
• Homepage
• Aims scope

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Health Professions, Medicine and Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 3,150.00 USD. Learn more.

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