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Springer Science + Business Media · United States · Est. 2008

ISSN1178-1653eISSN1178-1661
SJR Q1WOS SCIEWOS SSCIScopus / SJR
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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
1.083
H-Indexi
71
SNIPi
1.319
Total Worksi
977
Total Citationsi
25,658
2yr Mean Citednessi
2.84
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Patient provides a venue for scientifically rigorous, timely, and relevant research to promote the development, evaluation and implementation of therapies, technologies, and innovations that will enhance the patient experience. It is an international forum for research that advances and/or applies qualitative or quantitative methods to promote the generation, synthesis, or interpretation of evidence.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2008
FrequencyFour No. A Year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications977
Publisher OrgAdis, Springer Healthcare
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Submission Info

Peer Review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer Science + Business Media
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1178-1653 / 1178-1661
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
51
1.7k
2019
85
1.7k
2020
77
1.4k
2021
46
641
2022
55
553
2023
59
440
2024
71
127
2025
39
6
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.

Nursing (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesHealth Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Nursing (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomic and Environmental ValuationPatient-Provider Communication in HealthcareMental Health and Patient InvolvementPatient Satisfaction in HealthcareMedication Adherence and ComplianceDiabetes Management and EducationCancer survivorship and careHealthcare Policy and ManagementPrimary Care and Health Outcomes

Frequently asked questions about Patient

Is Patient a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Patient: 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 Patient?

Patient 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 2.84.

Is Patient indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Patient is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Patient?

The Patient provides a venue for scientifically rigorous, timely, and relevant research to promote the development, evaluation and implementation of therapies, technologies, and innovations that will enhance the patient experience. It is an international forum for research that advances and/or applies qualitative or quantitative methods to promote the generation, synthesis, or interpretation of evidence.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref