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Simulation in Healthcare

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · United States · Est. 2006

ISSN1559-2332eISSN1559-713X

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.701

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.961

Total Worksi

2,191

Total Citationsi

38,564

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.68

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Education; Epidemiology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Modeling and Simulation.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,191

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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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?

1559-2332 / 1559-713X

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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

1.2k

2019

133

2.3k

2020

809

2021

576

2022

338

2023

550

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.

EducationQ1

EpidemiologyQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Modeling and SimulationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & Services

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Modeling and SimulationEpidemiologyEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareSurgical Simulation and TrainingInnovations in Medical EducationPatient Safety and Medication ErrorsInterprofessional Education and CollaborationCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationClinical Reasoning and Diagnostic SkillsDisaster Response and ManagementAirway Management and Intubation TechniquesTrauma and Emergency Care Studies

Frequently asked questions about Simulation in Healthcare

Is Simulation in Healthcare a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Simulation in Healthcare: 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 Simulation in Healthcare?

Simulation in Healthcare 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 2.68.

Is Simulation in Healthcare indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Simulation in Healthcare is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Simulation in Healthcare?