Value in Health
Value in Health, ISPOR's preeminent health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) journal, is a high-impact, indexed journal that publishes papers that make a substantial contribution to the literature by presenting novel research that advances the science of HEOR globally. Value in Health also publishes ISPOR's Good Practices Reports that provide seminal guidance in the conduct and methodology used in HEOR studies.
High Impact and Ranking
The journal’s current impact factor is 4.9, its current CiteScore is 6.9, and its 5-year impact factor score is now 5.6. A high impact and highly ranked publication, Value in Health is ranked 5th of 118 journals in Health Policy & Services; 15th of 174 journals in Health Care Sciences & Services; and 56th of 597 journals in Economics. Value in Health is a monthly publication that circulates to 55,000+ readers around the world.
Aims & Scope
Aims
Value in Health aims to be a leading source of new methods, best practice guidelines, and innovative research in the field of health economics and outcomes research (HEOR).
Value in Health aims to publish papers that expand the frontiers of HEOR science and have a direct impact on the methods used in HEOR and the evidence on value used in healthcare decision making around the world.
Scope
Value in Health publishes a wide range of article types that contribute to our aims, including:
Original theoretical, conceptual and empirical research in HEOR. Our principal interest is in research that contributes to and extends the way value in healthcare is defined and measured, including (but not limited to):
(a) methods for the economic evaluation of drugs and other healthcare technologies;
(b) outcomes research to strengthen the methods and evidence available to reflect patient and societal perspectives on effectiveness and value.
Innovative and high-impact applications of HEOR methods with interest and relevance beyond the specific country and disease area.
Good Practices Reports: Value in Health publishes ISPOR’s Good Practices Reports that identify best and emerging practices in a wide range of areas within HEOR.
Systematic Reviews: The Editors welcome systematic reviews of any aspect of HEOR. These should go beyond describing a given body of work by synthesizing and critically reviewing the literature and drawing out lessons for HEOR methods and practice. These papers should review empirical studies consistent with the methods outlined by the Cochrane Collaboration and PRISMA.
Health Policy Analyses: Analysis and commentary on health policy issues with global relevance to the pursuit of a world where healthcare is effective, efficient, and affordable for all.
The ISPOR journal portfolio consists of Value in Health and Value in Health Regional Issues. For more information and detailed guidance about the article types and formatting requirements for Value in Health, please consult the journal’s Instructions for Authors.
Did You Know You May Be Eligible for Fee Waivers or Discounts to Publish Your Article as Open Access?
Publishing your work as gold open access means that millions of researchers globally will be able to find and read your work, completely free. Your work is also included in relevant indexes and databases, making it discoverable, accessible, and citable by other researchers and readers around the world.
While there is a fee to publish open access, the number of open access agreements Elsevier has reached with various institutions could mean that the fees may be covered or discounted. To see if your institution has a funding arrangement with Elsevier, click here.
If your institution isn't covered by one of Elsevier's open access agreements, you should know that ISPOR members receive a discount on article processing charges if they choose to publish their paper as a gold open access article (see below for more information).
That said, not all articles published in Value in Health require a fee. Authors have 2 options to publish their research in Value in Health.
| Gold Open Access | Subscription | |
| Articles are freely available to both subscribers and the wider public with permitted reuse. | Articles are made available to subscribers as well as developing countries and patient groups Elsevier’s access programs. | |
| An open access publication fee is payable by authors or their research funder. | No open access publication fee. | |
Your publication choice will have no effect on the peer-review process or acceptance of your submission.
25% Discount for ISPOR Members
Did you know that ISPOR members receive a 25% discount on open access publishing fees? The cost of membership more than pays for itself for researchers who maintain or become ISPOR members and expect to publish at least 1 open access article a year in Value in Health.
