About the journal
Medical Care is a journal published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins in United States. It is listed in MEDLINE and PUBMED according to the sources read. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- ISSN
- 0025-7079 · 1537-1948
- Country
- United States
- Access
- Not open access / not declared
- Official website
- http://journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/Pages/default.aspx
Index listings
- MEDLINE · 1969-01-01
- PUBMED · 1972-09-01
- Indexing
- MEDLINE · PUBMED
- APC
- —
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- —
- Actual review time (measured)
- 179 days received→accepted — computed from PubMed (n=76)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
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Works in OpenAlex
9840
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
273
i10-index
6009
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Editorial & policy5
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2027
- Level 2 — top tier (~20% of the field's channels)
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 96%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 52%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
Identity & continuity2
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 0230027
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Subject areas
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
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- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Global Health Care Issues
- Global Health Care Issues
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
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