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Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association

Canadian Health Libraries Association · Canada · Est. 1969

ISSN1708-6892eISSN1708-6892

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.199

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.575

Total Worksi

812

Total Citationsi

4,009

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association covers Health Services Research, Library Science, Medical Communications, and Medical Education. It is read by academicians, educators, health scientists, health service researchers, librarians, managers, medical directors, researchers, and technologists.

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General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications812

Publisher OrgUniversity of Alberta

OA Since2003

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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✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Canadian Health Libraries Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1708-6892 / 1708-6892

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

2019

2020

111

2021

2022

113

2023

141

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.

Library and Information SciencesQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Information Science & Library Science

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health Sciences Research and EducationHuman auditory perception and evaluationHealth Literacy and Information AccessibilityWeb and Library ServicesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesMedical Research and PracticesLibrary Science and Information LiteracyEducational Robotics and EngineeringLibrary Science and AdministrationSocial Media in Health Education

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association

Is Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association: 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 Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association?

Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association 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 1.18.

Is Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.