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title: "Health Care Management Science: 3 papers, last 30 days"
description: "Health Care Management Science published 3 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), ranking #160 of 239 journals."
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share_text: "Health Care Management Science published 3 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), ranking #160 of 239 journals."
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# Health Care Management Science

- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- category: Operations Research
- publisher: Springer Science+Business Media
- ISSN 1386-9620

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journals.md

## Key findings

- Health Care Management Science published 3 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), ranking #160 of 239 journals.
- Leading institutions: Offenburg University of Applied Sciences (1), SimPlan (Germany) (1) and Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Strasbourg (1).
- Countries: Germany (2), France (1) and Canada (1).
- From Oct 2023 to Sep 2026, Health Care Management Science published 134 papers (4 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex).
- Its most frequent keywords over that period were “COVID-19 pandemic” (18), “discrete event simulation” (7) and “emergency medical services” (6).
- Its most-cited paper of the period is “Reinforcement learning for healthcare operations management: methodological framework, recent developments, and future research directions” (2025-04-09), with 34 citations.

## The last 36 months

*Papers by publication date, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026*

| Oct 23–Sep 24 | Oct 24–Sep 25 | Oct 25–Sep 26 | 36 months |
|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 33 | 36 | 65 | 134 |

*Most frequent keywords, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 18 |
| 2 | discrete event simulation | 7 |
| 3 | emergency medical services | 6 |
| 4 | health equity | 6 |
| 5 | model interpretability | 6 |
| 6 | clinical decision support | 5 |
| 7 | data envelopment analysis | 5 |
| 8 | hospital operations | 5 |
| 9 | length of hospital stay | 5 |
| 10 | mixed-integer linear programming | 5 |

*Most-cited papers published Oct 2023 to Sep 2026*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34 | 1.8 | [Reinforcement learning for healthcare operations management: methodological framework, recent developments, and future research directions](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-025-09699-6) | [Health Care Management Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-care-management-science.md) | 2025-04-09 | Qihao Wu, Jiangxue Han, Yimo Yan et al. |
| 2 | 27 | 2.0 | [The crucial role of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) in improving health care management](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-025-09720-y) | [Health Care Management Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-care-management-science.md) | 2025-09-01 | Arne Johannssen, Nataliya Chukhrova |
| 3 | 4 | 0.2 | [DEA-based centralized resource allocation with a balance between efficiency and equity: evidence from healthcare services across 31 provinces in China](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-025-09698-7) | [Health Care Management Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-care-management-science.md) | 2025-03-01 | Tao Du, Jinyu Li, Yan Qiao |
| 4 | 3 | 0.7 | [Optimal hospital capacity management during demand surges](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-026-09764-8) | [Health Care Management Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-care-management-science.md) | 2026-06-24 | Felix Parker, Fardin Ganjkhanloo, Diego A. Martínez et al. |
| 5 | 3 | 1.7 | [Electric ambulances: will the need for charging affect response times?](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-026-09786-2) | [Health Care Management Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-care-management-science.md) | 2026-09-01 | Nanne A. Dieleman, Caroline Jeanne Jagtenberg |

*Papers, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-10 | [Modeling framework and reference model for data-driven simulation of patient flows in emergency departments](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-026-09792-4) | [Health Care Management Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-care-management-science.md) | Michael Schlecht, Virginie Goepp, Roland De Guio et al. | Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Strasbourg; SimPlan (Germany); Offenburg University of Applied Sciences |
| 2026-10-10 | [Prototyping and evaluation of a clinical decision support system in long-term care in German nursing homes](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-026-09794-2) | [Health Care Management Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-care-management-science.md) | Maximilian Pilz, Anne Gebert, Matthias Brünett et al. | Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics; Deutsche Institut für angewandte Pflegeforschung e.V.; AWS-Institute for Digitized Products and Processes |
| 2026-10-03 | [Optimization of the organization of a hemodialysis center](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-026-09795-1) | [Health Care Management Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-care-management-science.md) | Marie-Claude Normand, Marie-Laure Raphael Brossard, Guillaume Bollée et al. | Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur les réseaux d'entreprise, la logistique et le transport; Polytechnique Montréal; Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Health Care Management Science. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/journals/health-care-management-science

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  note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).