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Palliative and Supportive Care

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1859

ISSN1478-9523

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.612

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.841

Total Worksi

2,783

Total Citationsi

41,474

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Palliative & Supportive Care is a leading international journal dedicated to the publication of high-quality research and clinical practice in palliative and supportive care. The journal covers a broad range of topics, including symptom management, end-of-life care, communication, ethics, and psychosocial aspects of serious illness. It aims to advance the understanding and delivery of palliative and supportive care for patients with life-limiting conditions and their families.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1859

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,783

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-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?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1478-9523

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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

133

2.7k

2019

133

1.7k

2020

200

1.9k

2021

181

1.4k

2022

207

1.2k

2023

178

507

2024

221

341

2025

192

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.

Clinical PsychologyQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Nursing (miscellaneous)Q2

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Nursing (miscellaneous)Psychiatry and Mental HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)Clinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesCancer survivorship and careGrief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsPatient Dignity and PrivacyFamily Support in IllnessReligion, Spirituality, and PsychologyDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesPatient-Provider Communication in Healthcare

Frequently asked questions about Palliative and Supportive Care

Is Palliative and Supportive Care a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Palliative and Supportive 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 Palliative and Supportive Care?

Palliative and Supportive 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 1.22.

Is Palliative and Supportive Care indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Palliative and Supportive Care is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.