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International Journal of Integrated Care

Ubiquity Press · Netherlands · Est. 1920

ISSN1568-4156eISSN1568-4156

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.996

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.343

Total Worksi

9,002

Total Citationsi

38,338

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services; Health Policy; Health (social science); Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1920

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications9,002

Publisher OrgUbiquity Press

OA Since1999

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Ubiquity Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1568-4156 / 1568-4156

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

707

1.7k

2019

1.5k

2020

690

2.6k

2021

900

1.5k

2022

805

859

2023

198

447

2024

953

159

2025

688

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

Health (social science)Q1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesHealth Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHealth (social science)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Interprofessional Education and CollaborationChronic Disease Management StrategiesPrimary Care and Health OutcomesMental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesTelemedicine and Telehealth ImplementationClinical practice guidelines implementationHealth Policy Implementation ScienceHealthcare innovation and challenges

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Integrated Care

Is International Journal of Integrated Care a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Integrated Care: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 International Journal of Integrated Care?

International Journal of Integrated 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 0.24.

Is International Journal of Integrated Care indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Integrated Care is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Integrated Care?