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Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

World Health Organization · Switzerland

ISSN1020-3397eISSN1687-1634

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.501

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.745

Total Worksi

3,808

Total Citationsi

60,128

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal publishes quality research papers addressing strategic health priorities across the Eastern Mediterranean Region, with an emphasis on public health. The journal aims to contribute to improvements in health care and further public health knowledge, policy, practice, and education.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish, Arabic, French

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly, 2010-

StatusActive

Total Publications3,808

Publisher OrgWorld Health Organization

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

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?

World Health Organization

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1020-3397 / 1687-1634

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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, Arabic, French

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

128

2019

216

3.2k

2020

274

3.1k

2021

130

1.3k

2022

128

626

2023

128

347

2024

130

271

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesHealth Policy & ServicesPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare Systems and ReformsGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyGlobal Maternal and Child HealthChild Nutrition and Water AccessHealth and Conflict Studies

Frequently asked questions about Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Is Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal: 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 Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal?

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 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 1.47.

Is Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.