Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Aims & Scope

Home Health Care Services Quarterly (HHCSQ) is the first-published review journal in the dynamic fields of health care and community-based long-term services and supports.

Edited by a highly respected team, the journal is dedicated to the advancement of research, practice, and policy in home care.

Aimed towards researchers, administrators, service providers, industry specialists, and policy makers, the journal publishes cutting-edge articles by leading scholars and practitioners, the journal publishes on a vast range of topics.

Research might examine: · Innovative interventions in home care and home health care · Gerontology and geriatrics in the home and community settings (home, independent living, assisted living, adult day service center, etc.) · Patient and family-centered outcomes research · Formal and informal caregiving · Integrative health · Study protocols Different approaches to applied practice and knowledge-building are welcome including brief reviews, quantitative and qualitative research, as well as thought-provoking conceptual essays.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	1.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.491

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	35

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11767

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	91

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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 and Nursing, 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.

• The Care Transitions Intervention: A Patient-Centered Approach to Ensuring Effective Transfers Between Sites of Geriatric Care

  Citation: 118

  Authors: Carla, Eric A., Jodi D., Janet, Andrew M.

• A Randomized Trial of Telenursing to Reduce Hospitalization for Heart Failure: Patient-Centered Outcomes and Nursing Indicators

  Citation: 96

  Authors: Anthony F., Rahman, Carmen, Thomas S.

• The Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS): A Review of Validity and Reliability

  Citation: 96

  Authors: Melissa, Joan K.

• Working in Clients' Homes: The Impact on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Visiting Home Care Workers

  Citation: 88

  Authors: Margaret A., IÅŸk Urla, Sharon

• Further Application of the Care Transitions Intervention: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial Conducted in a Fee-For-Service Setting

  Citation: 87

  Authors: Carla, Sung-Joon, Amita, Sandra, Eric A.

• Routine PHQ-9 Depression Screening in Home Health Care: Depression Prevalence, Clinical and Treatment Characteristics, and Screening Implementation

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Kathleen, Jurgen, Maria, Kathleen, Pey-Jiuan

• Unmet Long-Term Care Needs of Elderly People in the Community; A Review of the Literature

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Judith, Barbara, Diane

• Challenges and solutions in the continuity of home care for rural older people: A thematic analysis

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Ryuichi, Yoshinori, Jun, Tatsunosuke, Takuji

• Validity Testing the Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Susan, Elizabeth A., Richard H.

• Discharge Planning, Transitional Care, Coordination of Care, and Continuity of Care: Clarifying Concepts and Terms from the Hospital Perspective

  Citation: 58

  Authors: Diane E., Marcelline R.

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