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Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India

ISSN0970-0218eISSN1998-3581

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q3+12

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total47

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.349

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.524

Total Works

3,476

Total Citations

37,251

2yr Mean Citedness

0.69

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on public health issues in India, including infectious diseases, mental health, environmental health, and healthcare system challenges. Recent articles address topics such as waterborne diseases, adolescent sleep deprivation, the impact of yoga on leadership, mental health in rural adolescents, falls in the elderly, neglected tropical diseases like Noma, tobacco promotion on social media, socioeconomic determinants of child health, pediatric epilepsy, viral outbreaks, alcohol policy, osteoarthritis, functional health assessments, mental health in urban slums, solid waste management, diabetes self-care, medical education, human metapneumovirus, biomedical waste management, maternal nutrition, residency training programs, point-of-care testing for HbA1c, scrub typhus, university student mental health, and foodborne illnesses.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 369 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,476

Publisher OrgMedknow

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~18 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0970-0218 / 1998-3581

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child Nutrition and Water AccessGlobal Maternal and Child HealthHealthcare Systems and ReformsGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy