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Current Issue
Volume 31,
Issue 2,
20 May 2026

About the International Journal of Health Governance

International Journal of Health Governance is a peer-reviewed journal that promotes the evolution of governance for health and health systems to meet new challenges in the 21st century. Serving a wide readership, this journal publishes empirical and theoretical papers that offer national perspectives, international comparisons and global approaches.

Submission information

Accepted manuscript types and word counts

  • Original Article — up to 7000 words
  • Editorial — up to 3000 words
  • Health Governance Reviews — up to 7000 words

Please see the article types and word counts section on the about this journal page for more information. The word count includes all text, figures and tables. When estimating your total, please allow 280 words for each figure or table. Read more about the article types for this journal.

Reference style

Use the Harvard reference style. Read more about the reference types for this journal.

Keywords

When you submit to the journal, you’ll be able to choose up to 6 keywords that describe the main topics of your paper from a list of recommended keywords.

Peer review type

Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.

Open access options

This is a hybrid journal. Hybrid journals are subscription journals but offer all authors the option to publish their work open access. If you choose to publish open access you will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC). Alternatively you can opt for the green open access route and self-archive your article (at no cost to the author). Read more about our open access options.

Accepted languages

This journal only accepts manuscripts written in UK or US English.

Accepted submission files

Article files should be provided in Microsoft Word format.

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