Quality Management in Health Care
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

Quality Management in Health Care
Overview

Impact Factor

0.926

H Index

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Impact Factor

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I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States
Journal ISSN: 10638628, 15505154
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ltd.
History: 1992-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

Quality Management in Health Care (QMHC) is a peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for our readers to explore the theoretical, technical, and strategic elements of health care quality management. The journal's primary focus is on organizational structure and processes as these affect the quality of care and patient outcomes. In particular, it: -Builds knowledge about the application of statistical tools, control charts, benchmarking, and other devices used in the ongoing monitoring and evaluation of care and of patient outcomes; -Encourages research in and evaluation of the results of various organizational strategies designed to bring about quantifiable improvements in patient outcomes; -Fosters the application of quality management science to patient care processes and clinical decision-making; -Fosters cooperation and communication among health care providers, payers and regulators in their efforts to improve the quality of patient outcomes; -Explores links among the various clinical, technical, administrative, and managerial disciplines involved in patient care, as well as the role and responsibilities of organizational governance in ongoing quality management.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



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SCR Impact Factor

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SCR Journal Ranking

Quality Management in Health Care
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

0.401

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Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Quality Management in Health Care
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2023 Impact Factor
    0.956 0.978 0.977
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    1.046 1.087 1.132
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    1 1 1.149
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    0.798 0.923 0.907
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    0.855 0.76 0.855
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    0.72 0.82 0.843
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    0.882 0.942 0.951
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    0.66 0.786 0.858
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    1.096 0.809 0.894
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    1.133 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    1.492 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    1.455 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    1.3 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    0.986 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    1.162 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    1.029 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    0.946 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    1.186 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    0.625 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    0.593 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    0.305 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    0.417 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    0.333 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    0.304 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

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H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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H-Index History