| Medical Care Research and Review | |
| Abbreviation: | Med. Care Res. Rev. |
| Discipline: | Health care |
| Language: | English |
| Editor: | R. Tamara Konetzka |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publishing |
| History: | 1944–present |
| Frequency: | Bimonthly |
| Impact: | 2.600 |
| Impact-Year: | 2014 |
| Issn: | 1077-5587 |
| Lccn: | 95004634 |
| Oclc: | 216882671 |
| Website: | http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal200970?siteId=sage-uk&prodTypes=any&q=Medical+Care+Research+and+Review&fs=1#tabview=abstractIndexing |
| Link1: | http://mcr.sagepub.com/content/current |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Link2: | http://mcr.sagepub.com/content/by/year |
| Link2-Name: | Online archive |
Medical Care Research and Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of health care. The editor-in-chief is Thomas D'Aunno (Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health). It was established in 1944 and is currently published by SAGE Publishing.
The journal publishes three types of articles: review articles on particular research or policy topics that synthesize theoretical and empirical literature across several disciplines; empirical research; and articles that present new data and trends in the health care field.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2014 impact factor is 2.600, ranking it 25 out of 86 journals in the category "Health Care Sciences & Services"[1] and 12 out of 70 journals in the category "Health Policy & Services".[2]
Each year, the journal's editorial board selects a "Best Paper", selected based on the quality of the work and its contribution to the field.
The following papers have been cited most often, according to the Web of Science:[3]