About the Journal

Value in Health Regional Issues

Value in Health Regional Issues is an online, MEDLINE^®/Pubmed and Web of Science indexed journal that publishes articles on health-related topics that impact the health systems and health policies in the following regions: (1) Asia; (2) Central and Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and Africa; and (3) Latin America. Published 6 times a year, the journal circulates to 9500+ online subscribers around the world. The journal's 2022 impact factor score is 2.0.

Articles that meet the editorial requirements for style and scope are subjected to a formal peer review. The Editorial Office strives to complete the peer review process and render decisions within 8 to 10 weeks of submission. Articles that do not fall within the journal’s scope or do not meet the standards to merit an external peer review will be evaluated internally by the editors, usually within 4 weeks. 

Accepted articles are published online on the Elsevier site within 3-5 days of receipt and are fully citable. These preliminary versions will be replaced with a PDF proof after the article has undergone the production process (ie, copy editing, layout, author corrections, etc). Even though individual articles are published online on a rolling basis throughout the year, “collected articles” are published in 6 volumes that are released in odd numbered months (ie, January, March, May, July, September, and November).

Regions

Asia
Assessing health technologies and health policies in Asia with papers where one of the authors resides in and the subject refers to population(s) of Central Asia, Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, and South-Eastern Asia. 

Latin America
Assessing health technologies and health policies in Latin America with papers where the first author resides in and the subject refers to population(s) of Central America, South America, and The Caribbean.

Central and Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and Africa
Assessing health technologies and health policies in Central and Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and Africa with papers where one of the authors resides in and the subject refers to population(s) of Central and Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and Africa.

Additional information on specific countries each region comprises can be found here.

Where We Are Indexed

• MEDLINE^®/PubMed
• Web of Science
• Embase
• Scopus
• EBSCOhost/TOC Premier
• ProQuest/Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA) [online]
• ProQuest/Social Science Premium Collection
• ProQuest/Sociology Collection