The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research

The Patient provides a venue for scientifically rigorous, timely, and relevant research to promote the development, evaluation and implementation of therapies, technologies, and innovations that will enhance the patient experience. It is an international forum for research that advances and/or applies qualitative or quantitative methods to promote the generation, synthesis, or interpretation of evidence.

As a hybrid journal, The Patient does not charge authors to publish using the traditional subscription-based publishing route, but does offer the option to publish accepted articles open access if authors so wish or if their funders require (more information).

The Patient offers a range of additional features designed to increase the visibility, readership and educational value of the journal’s content (more information).

Contact: For more information about the journal, including pre-submission enquiries, please contact Chris Carswell at chris.carswell@springer.com

Editor

• Christopher I. Carswell

Journal Impact Factor

3.1 (2024)

5-year Journal Impact Factor

3.8 (2024)

Submission to first decision (median)

9 days

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