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Journal of Health Communication

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN1081-0730eISSN1087-0415

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.791

H-Indexi

141

SNIPi

1.1

Total Worksi

2,729

Total Citationsi

109,346

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.99

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Information Science & Library Science; Health (social science); Library and Information Sciences; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyTen No. A Year, 2010-

StatusActive

Total Publications2,729

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1081-0730 / 1087-0415

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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

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

2.4k

2019

100

2.8k

2020

2.1k

2021

919

2022

112

981

2023

361

2024

146

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.

CommunicationQ1

Health (social science)Q1

Library and Information SciencesQ1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationInformation Science & Library Science

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesCommunicationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health Literacy and Information AccessibilityMedia Influence and HealthBehavioral Health and InterventionsMisinformation and Its ImpactsPatient-Provider Communication in Healthcare

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Health Communication

Is Journal of Health Communication a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Health Communication: 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 Journal of Health Communication?

Journal of Health Communication 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 1.99.

Is Journal of Health Communication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Health Communication is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Health Communication?