Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy

Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy is the monthly, peer-reviewed journal of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, and it publishes research and commentary on the use of medicines within managed care. It first appeared in 1995, and its 2025 impact factor is 3.3.《管理式医疗与专科药学杂志》是美国管理式医疗药学会出版的月度同行评审期刊，刊载管理式医疗情境中药物使用的研究与评论。该刊 1995 年首次出版，2025 年影响因子为 3.3。

Scope

• The journal publishes peer-reviewed original research, subject reviews and other content that advances the scientific method in managed care pharmacy.该刊发表经同行评审的原创研究，专题综述及其他内容，以推进管理式医疗药学中的科学方法。

• Its readers are the people who design formularies and drug benefit policies, so the work it takes is meant to inform coverage decisions.其读者是设计处方集与药品福利政策的人，因此该刊接收的工作意在为覆盖决策提供依据。

• Cost-effectiveness and budget-impact analyses fall within its remit, since payers have to weigh spending against the benefit a therapy delivers.成本效果与预算影响分析属于其范围，因为支付方必须权衡支出与疗法带来的获益。

• Specialty pharmacy is a named subject, and papers deal with the distribution and the management of high-cost medicines.专科药学是一个列出的主题，论文涉及高价药品的流通与管理。

• Medication adherence and persistence are studied in its pages, because the value of a therapy depends on whether it is taken as intended.用药依从性与持续用药在该刊版面上得到研究，因为疗法的价值取决于它是否被按预期服用。

• The journal carries outcomes research that links drug use to clinical and economic results in real populations.该刊刊载把用药与真实人群中的临床及经济结果联系起来的结果研究。

• Comparative effectiveness is another theme, since payers ask which of two therapies gives more value for the same money.比较效果是另一主题，因为支付方要问两种疗法中哪一种在同等花费下更有价值。

• Health policy analysis appears as well, because the rules that govern coverage are set by agencies as much as by employers.卫生政策分析也出现于该刊，因为管理覆盖的规则由机构与雇主共同订立。

• Quality of care and patient safety are treated as outcomes in their own right, and not only as clinical endpoints.医疗质量与患者安全本身被当作结果来处理，并不只是临床终点。

• The journal takes studies from outside the United States when they bear on the decisions that its readers make at home.该刊接收来自美国以外的研究，只要它们关涉其读者在本国所作的决策。

• Surveys of prescribing patterns and of benefit design have a place in the journal, since both describe how money is spent on medicines.处方模式与福利设计的调查研究在该刊有一席之地，因为两者都描述药品开销的去向。

• Methodological papers are taken when they improve the reading of findings drawn from large claims databases.方法学论文若能改进对取自大型理赔数据库之发现的解读，则会被接收。

• The journal takes work on the design of a pharmacy network, since the shape of a benefit decides which patients can reach a given therapy.该刊接收药房网络设计方面的工作，因为福利的形态决定了哪些患者能够获得某一疗法。

• It publishes studies of the prices that payers actually pay, which differ from list prices by a wide margin.该刊发表支付方实际支付价格的研究，这些价格与标价相差甚远。

• Real-world evidence is taken, because a trial population rarely matches the patients a health plan covers.真实世界证据会被接收，因为试验人群很少与健康计划所覆盖的患者相符。

• The journal covers the management of patients with rare and costly conditions, where a single course of treatment can be a large budget item.该刊覆盖罕见且高花费疾病患者的管理，其中单个疗程就可能是一项大额预算。

• It publishes work on the roles that pharmacists take inside a health plan, since their duties shape what a member receives.该刊发表药剂师在健康计划中所任角色的工作，其职责塑造了参保人所获得的服务。

• The journal takes economic evaluations of new therapies, because a payer has to judge whether a drug earns its price.该刊接收新疗法的经济学评价，因为支付方必须判断一种药品是否配得上其价格。

• Studies of the switch between therapies are taken, since a change of treatment raises both a clinical and a cost question.治疗转换的研究会被接收，因为更换疗法同时引出临床与费用两方面的问题。

History

• The journal first appeared in 1995 under the name Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy.该刊于 1995 年以《管理式医疗药学杂志》之名首次出现。

• It later added specialty pharmacy to its title, to mark the growth of that part of the field.该刊后来在刊名中加入专科药学，以标示该领域这一部分的成长。

• It is published by the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, a professional body based in Alexandria, Virginia.该刊由美国管理式医疗药学会出版，该学会是设在弗吉尼亚州亚历山德里亚的专业团体。

• The academy adopted the journal's present mission statement in 2020, the year of its twenty-fifth anniversary.学会在 2020 年，也就是该刊二十五周年那年，通过了它现行的宗旨声明。

• Twelve issues appear each year, and the journal circulates to more than thirty thousand managed care executives.该刊每年出版十二期，发行至三万名以上的管理式医疗高管。

• The print number is 2376-0540 and the electronic number 2376-1032.其印本刊号为 2376-0540，电子刊号为 2376-1032。

• Its impact factor rose from 2.3 for 2023 to 3.3 for 2025, with a five-year figure of 3.2.其影响因子从 2023 年的 2.3 升至 2025 年的 3.3，五年影响因子为 3.2。

• The journal is indexed for MEDLINE and PubMed, and it also appears in Embase and in Scopus.该刊被 MEDLINE 与 PubMed 收录，也见于 Embase 与 Scopus。

• It is covered by the Science Citation Index Expanded, where it sits in the health services and in the pharmacy categories.该刊被科学引文索引扩展版收录，在其中有卫生服务与药学两个类目。

• Supplements funded by a sponsor appear separately from the regular issues.由赞助方出资的增刊与常规各期分开出版。

• The journal is open access, so the research it carries can be read without a subscription.该刊是开放获取的，因此其所载研究无需订阅即可阅读。

• Articles are released under a licence that permits reuse with attribution.文章在允许署名复用的许可下发布。

• A statement of publication ethics governs authorship and the disclosure of competing interests.一份出版伦理声明管理署名与利益冲突的披露。

• The journal carries an annual set of abstracts from the academy's meeting, which appear as a supplement.该刊每年刊载学会年会的摘要集，作为增刊出现。

• Its editorial office is reached through the academy, and queries about a manuscript go to that office.其编辑部经由学会联系，与稿件有关的询问送往该办公室。

• The journal keeps an online archive, so an older paper can be reached from the site without a fee.该刊维护在线档案，因此较旧的论文可从网站上免费获取。

• A section of the title deals with the policy questions that surround coverage decisions.该刊有一部分处理围绕覆盖决策的政策问题。

• Submissions from practice settings are welcome, since the journal serves the people who run drug benefit programmes.来自实务环境的投稿受到欢迎，因为该刊服务于运营药品福利项目的人。

Editors

• (Laura E. Happe) is the editor-in-chief of the journal.（Laura E. Happe）是该刊主编。

• She works at the University of Florida, where she directs a graduate programme in pharmaceutical outcomes and policy.她任职于佛罗里达大学，在那里主持一个药物结果与政策方向的研究生项目。

• The journal is edited for the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, and the academy sets its editorial line.该刊为美国管理式医疗药学会编辑，编辑方针由学会确定。

• Assistant editors work in the pharmacy schools of Duke University and of the University of Rhode Island.助理编辑供职于杜克大学与罗得岛大学的药学院。

• A section editor and a group of assistant editors share the reading of the submissions among them.一位栏目编辑与一组助理编辑分工审读来稿。

• A managing editor runs the production of each issue and keeps the schedule of publication.一位执行编辑掌管各期的制作并维持出版日程。

• Authors submit through an online system that the academy maintains for the title.作者通过学会为该刊维护的在线系统投稿。

• Manuscripts are peer reviewed, and the journal states that its decisions rest on the reports it receives.稿件经过同行评审，该刊声明其决定依据所收到的评审报告作出。

• A statement on editorial independence keeps the sponsor of a supplement apart from the review of its papers.一份编辑独立性声明使增刊赞助方与该刊论文的评审相分离。

• The editorial team covers the field it publishes, so submissions are read by people who work in managed care.编辑团队覆盖其所发表的领域，因此稿件由从事管理式医疗工作的人审读。

• The editors weigh whether a study answers a question that a payer would ask, and they say so in the guidance they publish.编辑会权衡一项研究是否回答了支付方会提出的问题，并在其公布的指引中说明这一点。

• A statement of the journal's guiding principles tells an author how a manuscript is judged.一份指导原则声明告诉作者稿件如何被评判。