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Health Communication

Routledge · United Kingdom

ISSN1041-0236eISSN1532-7027

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

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

1.419

H-Index

127

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.694

Total Works

3,964

Total Citations

110,599

2yr Mean Citedness

1.99

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Retractions

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal explores health communication across diverse contexts, including patient-provider interactions, public health messaging, and the influence of media and technology. It examines how communication shapes health beliefs, behaviors, and outcomes, with a focus on risk communication, health disparities, and the role of social support and trust. The journal also investigates the impact of digital platforms, artificial intelligence, and cultural factors on health communication practices.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyFourteen Issues A Year, 2019-

StatusActive

Total Publications3,964

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1041-0236 / 1532-7027

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

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.

CommunicationQ1

Health (social science)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationHealth Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

CommunicationHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Media Influence and HealthBehavioral Health and InterventionsPatient-Provider Communication in HealthcareMisinformation and Its ImpactsHealth Literacy and Information Accessibility