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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1969

ISSN1477-7525eISSN1477-7525

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

1.111

H-Indexi

180

SNIPi

1.557

Total Worksi

3,809

Total Citationsi

215,322

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

FrequencyIrregular

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,809

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2002

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSBritish Library; National Library of the NetherlandsPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1477-7525 / 1477-7525

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, British Library; National Library of the Netherlands, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

192

7.2k

2019

376

13k

2020

273

6.8k

2021

171

2022

135

1.7k

2023

113

832

2024

141

416

2025

142

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesHealth Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeCancer survivorship and careChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeDiabetes Management and EducationHealth disparities and outcomesChronic Disease Management StrategiesCardiac Health and Mental HealthMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationDental Health and Care UtilizationHealth, psychology, and well-being

Frequently asked questions about Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Is Health and Quality of Life Outcomes a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health and Quality of Life Outcomes: 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 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes?

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 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 2.75.

Is Health and Quality of Life Outcomes indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Health and Quality of Life Outcomes?