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Health and Human Rights

Harvard School of Public Health · United States · Est. 1994

ISSN1079-0969

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

⚠ Withdrawn from DOAJ-15

Total63

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

Removed from DOAJ (2017-06-24). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Scorei

0.499

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.966

Total Worksi

341

Total Citationsi

6,284

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Health and Human Rights is an international journal dedicated to scholarship and praxis that advance health as an issue of fundamental human rights and social justice. It seeks to provide a forum for academics, practitioners and activists from public health, human rights and related fields to explore how rights-based approaches can be used to address health inequities and promote health as a human right. The journal focuses rigorous scholarly analysis on the conceptual foundations and challenges of rights discourse and action in relation to health. The journal is dedicated to empowering new voices from the field — highlighting the innovative work of groups and individuals in direct engagement with human rights struggles as they relate to health. We seek to foster engaged scholarship and reflective activism. In doing so, we invite informed action to realize the full spectrum of human rights.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

Frequency2 issues per year

StatusActive

Total Publications341

Publisher OrgHarvard University Press

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

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?

Harvard School of Public Health

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1079-0969

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, PubMed

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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

342

2007

908

2008

289

2009

2011

2012

2014

315

2015

2016

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 (social science)Q2

Political Science and International RelationsQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Human Rights and DevelopmentInternational Human Rights and Reproductive LawHealth and Conflict StudiesTorture, Ethics, and LawSex work and related issues

Frequently asked questions about Health and Human Rights

Is Health and Human Rights a predatory journal?

Health and Human Rights was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-06-24). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Health and Human Rights?

Health and Human Rights is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.499.

Is Health and Human Rights indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health and Human Rights is indexed in Scopus.