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International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Emerald Publishing · United Kingdom

ISSN0952-6862eISSN1758-6542

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.445

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.777

Total Worksi

3,007

Total Citationsi

43,803

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Policy & Services; Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous); Health Policy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 18 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,007

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Emerald Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0952-6862 / 1758-6542

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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

104

1.5k

2019

337

2020

2021

2022

356

2023

2024

2025

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.

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q2

Health PolicyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Health PolicyBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare Quality and ManagementPatient Satisfaction in HealthcareHealthcare Policy and ManagementPrimary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Is International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance: 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 International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance?

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance 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 0.46.

Is International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance?