About the journal
SSM - Health Systems is an open-access journal published by Elsevier in United Kingdom, publishing in english. It is listed in DOAJ according to the sources read. Declared publication charge: 780 USD. Declared review time at DOAJ: 30 weeks. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- ISSN
- 2949-8562
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- english
- Access
- Open access
- Declared publication charge
- 780 USD
- Articles in DOAJ
- 148
- Declared review time
- 30 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- double_blind
- Official website
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ssm-health-systems
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2025-01-08
- Indexing
- DOAJ
- APC
- 780 USD
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 30 weeks — journal-declared only (not measured)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
- PublishLens list status
- Shown after sign-in
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Articles in DOAJ
148
Most recent article
last month
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
30weeks
Works in OpenAlex
264
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
8
i10-index
6
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy12
- Last DOAJ review date
- 2026-04-27
- Added to DOAJ
- 2025-01-08
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Not declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- No
- Declared digital preservation
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2026
- Level 1 — approved scholarly channel
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 100%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 69%
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- APC waiver policy
- View policy
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity2
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 9918734287806676
Classification4
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Healthcare Systems and Practices
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Global Maternal and Child Health
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- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Global Health and Surgery
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Global Health Care Issues
- Global Health Care Issues
- Global Health and Surgery
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Community Health and Development
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Health Services Management and Policy
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Community Health and Development
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Public Health and Social Inequalities
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Disaster Response and Management
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Community Health and Development
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Gender, Health, and Social Inequality
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Healthcare Systems and Challenges
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Medical Coding and Health Information
- Global Health Care Issues
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Disaster Response and Management
- Disaster Response and Management
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
Keywords (DOAJ)
- health systems
- health policy
- universal health
- health care
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