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Health Sociology Review

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2001

ISSN1446-1242eISSN1839-3551

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.808

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.369

Total Worksi

945

Total Citationsi

15,699

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Policy & Services; Sociology; Health (social science); Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

FrequencyFour No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications945

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1446-1242 / 1839-3551

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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

277

2019

1.1k

2020

354

2021

116

2022

255

2023

156

2024

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.

Health (social science)Q1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Policy & ServicesSociology

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mental Health and Patient InvolvementObesity and Health PracticesHealth disparities and outcomesEmployment and Welfare StudiesGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyHomelessness and Social IssuesIndigenous Health, Education, and RightsGlobal Health Workforce IssuesGrief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthPrimary Care and Health Outcomes

Frequently asked questions about Health Sociology Review

Is Health Sociology Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health Sociology Review: 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 Health Sociology Review?

Health Sociology Review 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 2.60.

Is Health Sociology Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health Sociology Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Health Sociology Review?