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Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 1947

ISSN1470-2738

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 10.1. 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

1.441

H-Indexi

262

CiteScorei

10.1

SNIPi

1.244

Total Worksi

11,619

Total Citationsi

487,908

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

JECH is a leading international journal devoted to publication of original research and reviews covering applied, methodological and theoretical issues with emphasis on studies using multidisciplinary or integrative approaches.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1947

FrequencyMonthly, <1998->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications11,619

Publisher OrgBMJ

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BMJ Publishing Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1470-2738

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

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

181

6.4k

2019

221

9.7k

2020

187

5.1k

2021

111

2.1k

2022

127

1.3k

2023

157

835

2024

146

261

2025

114

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.

EpidemiologyQ1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health disparities and outcomesEmployment and Welfare StudiesObesity, Physical Activity, DietGlobal Health Care IssuesGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBirth, Development, and HealthNutritional Studies and DietChronic Disease Management StrategiesGlobal Cancer Incidence and ScreeningGlobal Maternal and Child Health

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Is Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health: 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 Epidemiology and Community Health?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 10.1.

Is Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.