Health Care Management Science

Aims & Scope

Health Care Management Science publishes papers dealing with health care delivery, health care management, and health care policy.

Papers should have a decision focus and make use of quantitative methods including management science, operations research, statistics, analytics, economics, econometrics, machine learning, and other emerging areas.

Applied research will be considered.

Applied research is of particular interest if there is evidence that it was implemented or informed a decision-making process.

Evidence of the value of applied research can come in the form of statistics or attestations from managers.

Papers describing unsuccessful applied research projects may be considered if there are generalizable learning points addressing why the project was unsuccessful.

Papers describing routine applications of known methods are discouraged.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2
2024	2.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.645

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8934

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	393

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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 Health Professions and Medicine, 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.

• Optimization of surgery sequencing and scheduling decisions under uncertainty

  Citation: 407

  Authors: Brian, James, Andrea

• Operational research in the management of the operating theatre: a survey

  Citation: 398

  Authors: Francesca, Rosita

• Non-Parametric and Parametric Applications Measuring Efficiency in Health Care

  Citation: 340

  Authors: Bruce

• The use of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in healthcare with a focus on hospitals

  Citation: 317

  Authors: Sebastian, Jan, Andreas, Jens O.

• Efficiency measurement of health care: a review of non‐parametric methods and applications

  Citation: 288

  Authors: Bruce, P.J., N.

• Designing appointment scheduling systems for ambulatory care services

  Citation: 270

  Authors: Tugba, Emre, Harry

• The home health care routing and scheduling problem with interdependent services

  Citation: 246

  Authors: Dorota Slawa, Frank, Christian

• Optimal outpatient appointment scheduling

  Citation: 233

  Authors: Guido C., Ger

• Alternative Methods to Examine Hospital Efficiency: Data Envelopment Analysis and Stochastic Frontier Analysis

  Citation: 202

  Authors: Rowena

• Optimal ambulance location with random delays and travel times

  Citation: 199

  Authors: Armann, Susan, Erhan

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