About this journal
Aims and scope
Journal of Communication in Healthcare: Strategies, Media and Engagement in Global Health is a Medline- and Scopus-indexed peer-reviewed journal, which publishes innovative research, theories, interventions, and perspectives on contemporary issues in all areas of health communication and across the fields of healthcare, public health, global health and medicine. Global in its scope, the Journal examines and engages in relevant topics from across country settings and professional sectors. The Journal is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and encourages submissions from a diverse pool of authors, so that multiple perspectives can be represented in the articles we publish.
With a focus on promoting communication strategies that may support improved patient, community, and population health outcomes the Journal presents research, case studies, best practices, emerging strategies, media, and theoretical or planning frameworks on any of the following topics:
(a) innovative approaches for health communication interventions and/or specific communication areas across the fields of healthcare, public health, global health, and medicine as well as multiple sectors;
(b) the interconnection and integration of different communication areas and media within multi-component interventions that aim at achieving health and social behavior results among different groups, communities, and stakeholders;
(c) the role of clinicians, patients, communities, populations, and the public at large in engaging in and influencing health communication processes and policies as well as related interactions and interventions;
(d) the role of communication on advancing health, racial, and social equity and other human rights-related causes as well as promoting patient, community, and social engagement on health and social issues in clinical, policy, public health, and other domestic and global settings.
The Journal of Communication in Healthcare accepts the following types of articles: original research articles, brief reports, reviews, evidence-based case studies, letters, and patient voices.
Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English.
Peer review policy
Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be double anonymized peer-reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees. If you have shared an earlier version of your Author’s Original Manuscript on a preprint server, please be aware that anonymity cannot be guaranteed. Further information on our preprints policy and citation requirements can be found on our Preprints Author Services page. Find out more about what to expect during peer review and read our guidance on publishing ethics.
Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 70K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.568 (2023) SNIP
- 0.364 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 47 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 14 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 19% acceptance rate
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.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
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.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief:
Renata Schiavo, PhD, MA, CCL- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Health Equity Initiative; and Strategies for Equity and Communication Impact, United States - [email protected]
Senior Editorial Assistant:
Nikita Boston-Fisher, MPH, MCHES, PMP - McGill University, Canada - [email protected]
Julia Kish Doto, PhD, MS - Marymount University , United States
Erma Manoncourt, PhD - Communication for Development Expert; and International Union of Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE), France
Special Sections Editor, Patient Voices and Interviews, and Editor Emeritus:
Thanakorn Jirasevijinda, MD - Weill Medical College of Cornell University, United States
Founding Editor:
Mario Nacinovich, MSc - Eyevance Pharmaceuticals, United States
Communication, Technology, and Social Media Intern, Summer/Fall 2024:
Maya McKelvey - The College of New Jersey, United States
Jim Armour, MA - Canadian Medical Association, Canada
Maria Helena Baena de Moraes Lopes, MD, PhD - UNICAMP/University of Campinas, Brazil
Benjamin Bates, PhD - Ohio University, United States
Jozien Bensing, MD, PhD - NIVEL International, The Netherlands
Susan Cuozzo, CMPP, MA - Scientific and Strategic Insights, United States
Sandra Danoff, MSHS - Duke University Health System, United States
Craig DuHamel - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada
Mark Duman, MRPharmS - MD Healthcare Consultants, United Kingdom
Isabel M. Estrada-Portales, PhD, MS - National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, United States
Christian Gloria, PhD, MA, CHES - Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, United States, and Angeles University Foundation and Silliman University, Republic of the Philippines
Mkhonzeni Gumede, PhD, MA - Centre for Communication Media and Society, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Amir Hannan, MD - Thornley House Medical Centre, United Kingdom
Karen Hilyard, PhD, MA - FHI360, United States
Everold Hosein, PhD - WHO/UNICEF Senior Consultant/Advisor; and CUNY School of Public Health, United States
Nick Iannarino, PhD - University of Michigan-Dearborn, United States
Paryss Kouta, MA African Center for Capacity Building on Communication, Senegal
Diane Leakey, MSc, MRPharmS - Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), United Kingdom
Michaela Liuccio, PhD - Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Jennifer Manganello, PhD, MPH - University at Albany School of Public Health, United States
Meghan Bridgid Moran, PhD - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States
Rafael Obregon, PhD, MA - UNICEF, Paraguay
Alexia Papageorgiou, PhD, MSc - University of Nicosia Medical School, Cyprus
Albert Rizzo, PhD - University of Southern California, United States
A. Susana Ramirez, PhD, MPH - University of California, Merced, United States
Rima Rudd, ScD, MPH - Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States
Doug Rupert, MPH - RTI International, United States
Ewart Skinner, PhD - Bowling Green State University, United States
Samuel So, MD - Stanford Hospital & Clinics, United States
Suzanne Suggs, PhD, MS, CHES - Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland and Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Heidi Tworek, PhD, MA – University of British Columbia, Canada
Gretchen Van Wye, PhD, MA - New York City Department of Health; and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, United States
Rachel Wells, MPH - Barnet Primary Care Trust, United Kingdom
Kurt Wise, PhD - University of West Florida, United States
Mark Zezza, MA, PhD - New York State Health Foundation, United States
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of Communication in Healthcare is indexed/abstracted in the following services:
British Nursing Index, Cabell's Business Directory, CABI, EBSCO Products (Communication & Mass Media Complete, Communication Source, Health Business Elite, Health Business FullText, Health Policy Reference Center), Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), MEDLINE, Supplemental Index, TOC Premier, Scopus, and Technical INFO Centre of Denmark.
Open access
Journal of Communication in Healthcare is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. 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)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
Society information
Journal of Communication in Healthcare is affiliated with:
- Health Equity Initiative (HEI)
4 issues per year
Guest Editors, Article Collections, and Special Issues
Occasionally, the Journal of Communication in Healthcare: Strategies, Media, and Engagement in Global Health (JCIH) invites editorial board members or outside experts to serve as guest advisors for article collections or guest editors for special issues on a topic within the Journal's scope. Article collections include 4-5 articles and are featured in one of the regular issues of the Journal. Special Issues can either replace one of the Journal's regular issues or be compiled as an additional issue (Supplement). Supplements (additional issues) are considered only for sponsored or grant-funded special issues. Article collections are more common at JCIH.
Guest Advisors and Guest Editors are always invited by JCIH as the Journal does not accept unsolicited proposals for special issues and article collections with the exception of those generated by its editorial board members.
Guest Advisors and Guest Editors play an essential role in soliciting relevant articles and other content and authoring/co-authoring a guest editorial or commentary. They also collaborate with the Editor-in-Chief and the editorial team to frame the scope of the special issue or article collection.
Guest Advisors and Guest Editors – Overview
All manuscripts submitted to Article Collections or Special Issues undergo desk assessment and peer-review as part of the Journal’s standard editorial process. The editorial responsibility for the Journal and all final editorial decisions on papers submitted to Article Collections or Special Issues are with the Editor-in-Chief.
The role of Guest Advisors (for article collections) and Guest Editors (for special issues) is primarily advisory/consultative. Guest Advisors and Guest Editors may provide advice on manuscripts if solicited by the editorial team, but they are not always involved with final decisions nor the decision to send articles to peer-review. All submissions that the Journal receives toward an article collection or special issue (including those that may have been solicited by Guest Advisors or Guest Editors) are not guaranteed acceptance/publication.
The role of Guest Advisors (for article collections) and Guest Editors (for special issues) is different and highlighted below.
Guest Advisors
Guest Advisors are invited by the Journal only to participate in Article Collections and not in Special Issues. Guest Advisors:
1) draft or provide input on the call for papers, including the collection's title and scope;
2) solicit relevant articles;
3) review 1-2 submissions as peer-reviewers;
4) recommend reviewers with expertise on the topic;
5) author/co-author a guest editorial or commentary that will appear within the collection; and
6) publicize the article collection on social media and within professional networks.
Guest Advisors are not involved in handling the peer review process of the manuscripts submitted toward the collection but may be asked for advice on select abstracts as related to potential significance and novelty. In addition to authoring a guest editorial or commentary, Guest Editors' contribution is also recognized on social media, and within the editorial by the Editor-in-Chief in the issue where the collection is published.
Guest Editors
Guest Editors/Co-Editors are invited by the Journal only to participate in Special Issue and not in Article Collections. The role of Guest Editors includes all responsibilities highlighted for Guest Advisors of Article Collections. In addition, Guest Editors
1) manage the peer-review process for a minimum of 3-4 manuscripts;
2) work closely with the Editor-in-Chief and Senior Editorial Assistant on manuscripts they have been handling for peer-review; and
3) solicit and participates in editing opinion pieces for the non-peer reviewed sections of the Journal (Letters, Commentaries, and Patient Voices) as related to the topic of the special issue.
The contribution of Guest Editors of special issues is recognized with the same modalities as for the Guest Advisors of article collections.
Competing Interest Disclosure
Guest Editors are required to comply with the general competing interest policy and code of conduct by Taylor & Francis (see the policy here) and recuse themselves from advising on and/or handling any manuscript for which a competing interest may exist.
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