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Healthcare Quarterly

Longwoods Publishing Corp. · Canada · Est. 2018

ISSN1710-2774

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.

📊 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

0.288

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.273

Total Worksi

455

Total Citationsi

1,622

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.68

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Healthcare Quarterly aims to expand the discussion of research in pandemic, nursing, health care, and the 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, with a focus on palliative care. The journal also documents and disseminates leading practices in health service delivery and policy development within the Canadian healthcare system.

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General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2018

FrequencyQuarterly, 2006-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications455

Publisher OrgLongwoods Publishing

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Longwoods Publishing Corp.

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1710-2774

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

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

342

2019

350

2020

306

2021

278

2022

135

2023

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.

Emergency Medical ServicesQ1

Health PolicyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Emergency Medical ServicesHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealthcare Policy and ManagementHealth Policy Implementation ScienceGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesInterprofessional Education and CollaborationMental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeHealthcare Quality and ManagementDisaster Response and ManagementHealthcare Systems and Technology

Frequently asked questions about Healthcare Quarterly

Is Healthcare Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Healthcare Quarterly: 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 Healthcare Quarterly?

Healthcare Quarterly is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.288.

Is Healthcare Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Healthcare Quarterly is indexed in Scopus.