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Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Duke University Press · United States · Est. 1976

ISSN1527-1927

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.323

H-Indexi

102

SNIPi

1.269

Total Worksi

3,604

Total Citationsi

59,586

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.32

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services; Medicine, Legal; Social Issues; Social Sciences, Biomedical; Health Policy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1976

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications3,604

Publisher OrgDuke University Press

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Duke University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1527-1927

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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

962

2019

1.8k

2020

631

2021

673

2022

466

2023

491

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 PolicyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesHealth Policy & ServicesMedicine, LegalSocial IssuesSocial Sciences, Biomedical

Scopus Categories

Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare Policy and ManagementPublic Health Policies and EducationHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifePrimary Care and Health OutcomesLegal Cases and CommentaryGlobal Health Care IssuesPharmaceutical industry and healthcareGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesPolicy Transfer and Learning

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Is Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law: 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 Health Politics, Policy and Law?

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 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 4.32.

Is Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law?