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Aims & Scope

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes is an open access, peer-reviewed journal considering original manuscripts on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL). Articles focus specifically on the assessment of medical and psychosocial interventions, including psychometrics, PROMs, cultural validation and impacts of interventions. Original research, study protocols and systematic reviews feature prominently. Comments and Correspondence are also welcome.

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Call for Papers: AI in Measurement and Valuation of Health: Embracing the Revolution, or a Call for a Cautionary Embrace?

Editors:
Oliver Rivero-Arias, DPhil, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Jinxiang Hu, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center, United States of America
Jonathan Shock, PhD, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Submission Status:
Open until 23 April 2025


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The way forward to a renewed and improved Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Click to read about our Editors-in-Chief's long-term vision for the journal, their priorities, streamlined Aims and Scope and how the journal aims to serve such a crucial area of research.

Editorial excellence at HQLO

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Springer Nature recently awarded Health and Quality of Life Outcomes editors with 14 commendations for their excellence in editorial leadership, service to authors and their contributions to the journal. Click below to see our international, esteemed Editorial Board!

Editorial Board

We are recruiting!

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes is recruiting Associate Editors. As the growth of the journal continues, we are looking to expand our editorial team. If you have experience in health-related quality of life research and analysis, we would like to hear from you. Please follow the link below to find out more about the role and apply.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) use

AI is emerging as a great tool for researchers, but make sure you are compliant with our editorial policies before you submit: 
Read BMC’s editorial policy and the STM white paper on AI ethics in scholarly literature for more guidance. Contact our Editorial Office if you have any other questions.

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 3.2
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 3.9
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.563
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.140

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 7
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 155

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 2,659,491
    Altmetric mentions: 929