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Health Education and Behavior

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1978

ISSN1552-6127

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ 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?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.831

H-Indexi

135

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.209

Total Worksi

2,556

Total Citationsi

115,840

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Health Education and Behavior publishes research on health behavior and health education. The journal covers topics within public, environmental, and occupational health.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,556

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1552-6127

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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

124

3.2k

2019

114

5.1k

2020

142

2.1k

2021

893

2022

435

2023

258

2024

119

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.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietHealth Policy Implementation ScienceCommunity Health and DevelopmentBehavioral Health and InterventionsPublic Health Policies and EducationSchool Health and Nursing EducationFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthSmoking Behavior and CessationPhysical Activity and Health

Frequently asked questions about Health Education and Behavior

Is Health Education and Behavior a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health Education and Behavior: 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 Education and Behavior?

Health Education and Behavior 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 1.59.

Is Health Education and Behavior indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health Education and Behavior is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.