About this journal
Aims and scope
Patient Related Outcome Measures is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal focusing on treatment outcomes specifically relevant to patients.
Patient Related Outcome Measures will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication.
All aspects of patient care are addressed within the journal and practitioners from all disciplines are invited to submit their work as well as healthcare researchers and patient support groups. Areas covered will include:
- Quality of life scores
- Patient satisfaction audits
- Treatment outcomes that focus on the patient
- Research into improving patient outcomes
- Hypotheses of interventions to improve outcomes
- Short communications that illustrate improved outcomes
- Case reports or series that show an improved patient experience
- Patient journey descriptions or research
Patient Related Outcome Measures endorses the COSMIN statement for the reporting of health measurement instruments, the STARD statement for the reporting of the diagnostic accuracy studies, the PRISMA statement for the reporting of systematic reviews, the STROBE statement for the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology, and the RECORD statement for the reporting of studies conducted using observational routinely-collected health data. Authors should check the EQUATORNetwork for reporting instructions and further information.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 51K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.8 (2023) Impact Factor
- 3.2 (2023) 5 year IF
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
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Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
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*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editors-in-Chief:
Dr Robert Howland, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, United States
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Professor Lynne Nemeth, College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, United States
Editorial Board:
Professor Francisco Batel Marques,Centre for Health Technology Assessment and Drug Research, Coimbra, Portugal
Professor Sir Nick Black, Health Services Research & Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Dr David Cella, Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Associate Director for Cancer Prevention and Control, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Professor Giorgio Lorenzo Colombo, Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Dr Gabriel Del Corral, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery,Georgetown University, Hospital Franklin Square Medical Center, Washington Hospital Medical Center, United States
Professor Joel E Dimsdale, Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, United States
Professor Lawrence Gettleman, Prosthodontics & Biomaterials, University of Louisville, School of Dentistry, United States
Professor Robert Heaton, Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego, United States
Professor Peter Kahrilas, Division of Gastroenterology, Feinberg Schoool of Medicine, Northwestern University, Illinois, United States
Prof. Dr. Steven Lipshultz, Conger Goodyear Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics and Voluntary Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Pediatric Chief-of-Service, Kaleida Health; Medical Director of Pediatric Services Business Development, John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital; Consultant, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center; and President/CEO, UBMD Pediatrics, United States
Professor Peter Martin, Psychiatry and Pharmacology,, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital, United States
Professor Christine McLaren, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, United States
Dr Omendra Narayan, Pediatric Pulmonologist, Pediatrics - Medical Affairs, American Hospital, Dubai
Dr Jill Nocella, Department of Nursing, William Paterson University of New Jersey, United States
Prof. Dr. Harry van Goor, Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Netherlands
Abstracting and indexing
Patient Related Outcome Measures is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Pubmed (NLM)
PubMed Central Selective Deposit Medicine & Health (NLM)
Open access
Patient Related Outcome Measures is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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