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Human Resources for Health

BioMed Central Ltd

United KingdomPublic Administration (Q1); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q1)ISSN-matched source record
Submission information ↗
Q1Ranking
5.4Impact Factor (2025)
96H-index (SCImago 2025)
1.527SJR (2025)
2003-2026Coverage

About Human Resources for Health

Human Resources for Health is a scholarly journal published by BioMed Central Ltd. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 1.527 and H-index of 96.

Coverage: 2003-2026. Research categories: Public Administration (Q1); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q1).

Verified field sources

  • Journal Impact Factor: 5.4 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
  • Editor(s): Inês Fronteira RN, MSc, PhD (Editor-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2026-03-17. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND
Peer-review processOpen peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 2790 EUR; 3390 USD; 2490 GBP
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightNo
Digital preservationLOCKSS, PMC
Reported submission-to-publication time34 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2003 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

Source: DOAJ journal record. Journal metadata is distributed by DOAJ under CC0. Confirm current fees, tax, eligibility and waiver terms with the publisher.

Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)1478-4491
ISSN-L1478-4491
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationBioMed Central
Publisher country codeGB
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex1,572
Citations recorded in OpenAlex75,813
OpenAlex H-index124
Years represented in OpenAlex1931–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Global Health Workforce Issues; Global Maternal and Child Health; Global Health and Surgery; Healthcare Systems and Reforms; Nursing education and management; Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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