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Global Health Action

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1980

ISSN1654-9716

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.926

H-Indexi

109

SNIPi

1.03

Total Worksi

2,367

Total Citationsi

74,998

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Global Health Action is a journal in the global health field. It covers globalization, health determinants, population health, health systems, gender, and public health.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1980

Annual Volume~ 131 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,367

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2007

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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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1654-9716

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, PubMed

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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?

N/A

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

119

3.7k

2019

150

4.6k

2020

139

2.9k

2021

120

1.8k

2022

100

1.3k

2023

133

907

2024

161

411

2025

134

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

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Maternal and Child HealthGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyChild Nutrition and Water AccessHealthcare Systems and ReformsGlobal Health and SurgeryAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsClimate Change and Health ImpactsHealth disparities and outcomesIntimate Partner and Family Violence

Frequently asked questions about Global Health Action

Is Global Health Action a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Global Health Action: it is indexed in 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 Global Health Action?

Global Health Action is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.926.

Is Global Health Action indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Global Health Action is indexed in Scopus.