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Health and Social Care in the Community

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0966-0410eISSN1365-2524

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

265

days submission → published

measured · last 18 articles · accept 357d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

0.984

H-Indexi

117

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.078

Total Worksi

4,301

Total Citationsi

101,737

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Social Work; Health Policy; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications4,301

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0966-0410 / 1365-2524

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

232

6.1k

2019

333

2020

441

6.8k

2021

420

5.5k

2022

157

885

2023

154

495

2024

161

261

2025

127

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.

Health PolicyQ1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Social WorkQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthSocial Work

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Social WorkPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealthcare innovation and challengesHealth disparities and outcomesIntergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingMental Health and Patient Involvement

Frequently asked questions about Health and Social Care in the Community

Is Health and Social Care in the Community a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health and Social Care in the Community: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Health and Social Care in the Community?

Health and Social Care in the Community 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 1.52.

Is Health and Social Care in the Community indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health and Social Care in the Community is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.