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Risk Management and Healthcare Policy

Dove Medical Press Ltd · New Zealand · Est. 1978

ISSN1179-1594eISSN1179-1594
SJR Q2WOS SCIEWOS SSCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.675
H-Indexi
70
SNIPi
0.934
Total Worksi
2,125
Total Citationsi
33,604
2yr Mean Citednessi
2.51
Open Impact Factor alternative
Retractions
2
Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

An international, peer-reviewed, open access journal focusing on all aspects of public health, policy, and preventative measures to promote good health and improve morbidity and mortality in the population.

General Information

Country / RegionNew Zealand
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1978
FrequencyIrregular
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications2,125
Publisher OrgDove Medical Press
OA Since2007
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind
OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/11 · 82%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Dove Medical Press Ltd
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1179-1594 / 1179-1594
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
38
1.8k
2019
316
8.3k
2020
474
9.9k
2021
203
2.3k
2022
240
2k
2023
285
1.6k
2024
310
751
2025
137
22
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.

Health PolicyQ2
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesHealth Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

COVID-19 and Mental HealthHealthcare Systems and ReformsVaccine Coverage and HesitancyGlobal Maternal and Child HealthCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesPatient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealthcare Policy and ManagementHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutInfection Control in HealthcareInfection Control and Ventilation

Frequently asked questions about Risk Management and Healthcare Policy

Is Risk Management and Healthcare Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Risk Management and Healthcare Policy: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Risk Management and Healthcare Policy?

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy 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 2.51.

Is Risk Management and Healthcare Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Risk Management and Healthcare Policy?

An international, peer-reviewed, open access journal focusing on all aspects of public health, policy, and preventative measures to promote good health and improve morbidity and mortality in the population.

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