Twenty-Five Years of Health Economics and Outcomes Research: An Exploration of Value in Health

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Value in Health. Since its inaugural issue in May 1998, the journal has seen significant increases in the number of submissions, downloads (a measure of frequency that manuscripts are read), and citations. The impact factor has also increased. As a result, Value in Health has emerged as one of the top-ranked journals in the field of health economics and outcomes research (HEOR). In this article, we mark the 25th anniversary of the journal by examining the changes in the growth and composition of the literature and highlighting some of the key articles from the 25 top-cited items that the journal has published.