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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Elsevier Inc. · United States

ISSN0895-4356eISSN1878-5921

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

2.507

H-Indexi

339

SNIPi

2.659

Total Worksi

9,883

Total Citationsi

771,921

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Epidemiology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications9,883

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0895-4356 / 1878-5921

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

259

14k

2019

358

16k

2020

382

19k

2021

278

5.6k

2022

276

4.2k

2023

309

2.7k

2024

361

1.3k

2025

262

121

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

EpidemiologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Epidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeStatistical Methods in Clinical TrialsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesAdvanced Causal Inference Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Is Journal of Clinical Epidemiology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Clinical Epidemiology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Clinical Epidemiology?

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 3.42.

Is Journal of Clinical Epidemiology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Clinical Epidemiology?