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International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1989

ISSN1353-4505eISSN1464-3677

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / 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.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.683

H-Indexi

145

SNIPi

1.107

Total Worksi

4,721

Total Citationsi

159,141

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.45

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services; Health Policy; Medicine (miscellaneous); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,721

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind 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

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1353-4505 / 1464-3677

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind peer review

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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

124

1.5k

2019

165

3.7k

2020

162

2.6k

2021

107

638

2022

105

619

2023

125

459

2024

140

227

2025

124

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

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

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 HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsPatient Satisfaction in HealthcareHealthcare Quality and ManagementPrimary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeHealthcare Policy and ManagementHealth Policy Implementation ScienceDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesMedical Malpractice and Liability IssuesClinical practice guidelines implementation

Frequently asked questions about International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Is International Journal for Quality in Health Care a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal for Quality in Health Care: 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 International Journal for Quality in Health Care?

International Journal for Quality in Health Care 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 1.45.

Is International Journal for Quality in Health Care indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal for Quality in Health Care is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal for Quality in Health Care?