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Health Physics

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · United States · Est. 1871

ISSN1538-5159

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.383

H-Indexi

126

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.785

Total Worksi

12,783

Total Citationsi

174,214

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Nuclear Science & Technology; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging; Epidemiology; Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1871

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications12,783

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1538-5159

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

205

1.6k

2019

222

3.2k

2020

145

577

2021

169

618

2022

147

265

2023

174

232

2024

172

2025

102

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.

EpidemiologyQ3

Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisQ3

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesNuclear Science & TechnologyPublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthRadiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

Scopus Categories

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisEpidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Radioactivity and Radon MeasurementsRadioactive contamination and transferRadiation Dose and ImagingNuclear and radioactivity studiesGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studiesRadiation Therapy and DosimetryNuclear Physics and ApplicationsRadiation Detection and Scintillator TechnologiesEffects of Radiation ExposureAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy

Frequently asked questions about Health Physics

Is Health Physics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health Physics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Health Physics?

Health Physics 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 0.60.

Is Health Physics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health Physics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.