Health Care Analysis

Aims & Scope

Health Care Analysis is a journal that promotes dialogue and debate about conceptual and normative issues related to health and health care, including health systems, healthcare provision, health law, public policy and health, professional health practice, health services organization and decision-making, and health-related education at all levels of clinical medicine, public health and global health.

Health Care Analysis seeks to support the conversation between philosophy and policy, in particular illustrating the importance of conceptual and normative analysis to health policy, practice and research.

As such, papers accepted for publication are likely to analyse philosophical questions related to health, health care or health policy that focus on one or more of the following: aims or ends, theories, frameworks, concepts, principles, values or ideology.

All styles of theoretical analysis are welcome providing that they illuminate conceptual or normative issues and encourage debate between those interested in health, philosophy and policy.

Papers must be rigorous, but should strive for accessibility – with care being taken to ensure that their arguments and implications are plain to a broad academic and international audience.

In addition to purely theoretical papers, papers grounded in empirical research or case-studies are very welcome so long as they explore the conceptual or normative implications of such work.

Authors are encouraged, where possible, to have regard to the social contexts of the issues they are discussing, and all authors should ensure that they indicate the ‘real world’ implications of their work.

Health Care Analysis publishes contributions from philosophers, lawyers, social scientists, healthcare educators, healthcare professionals and administrators, and other health-related academics and policy analysts.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.6
2024	1.80

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9599

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	132

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.604

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	46

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

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

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Autism as a Natural Human Variation: Reflections on the Claims of the Neurodiversity Movement

  Citation: 334

  Authors: Pier, Stellan

• The Varieties of Dignity

  Citation: 274

  Authors: Lennart

• Shared Decision Making, Paternalism and Patient Choice

  Citation: 193

  Authors: Lars, Christian

• Empowerment: A Conceptual Discussion

  Citation: 172

  Authors: Per-Anders

• Power Issues in the Doctor-Patient Relationship

  Citation: 132

  Authors: Felicity, Stephen

• Enacting Appreciations: Beyond the Patient Perspective

  Citation: 127

  Authors: Jeannette

• Good Care in Ongoing Dialogue. Improving the Quality of Care Through Moral Deliberation and Responsive Evaluation

  Citation: 102

  Authors: Tineke A., Bert, Guy A. M.

• The Ethics of Care: Normative Structures and Empirical Implications

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Tove

• Reconsidering Patient Participation in Guideline Development

  Citation: 89

  Authors: Hester M., Margo J.

• Implicit Normativity in Evidence-Based Medicine: A Plea for Integrated Empirical Ethics Research

  Citation: 88

  Authors: A. C., A. M., W., H. M., J.

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