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Sahara J

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2004

ISSN1729-0376eISSN1813-4424

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.751

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.86

Total Worksi

402

Total Citationsi

9,212

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.80

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Policy & Services; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Health (social science); Infectious Diseases; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Immunology and Allergy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications402

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2003

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~40 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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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?

1729-0376 / 1813-4424

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, 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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

136

2019

2020

165

2021

2022

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.

Health (social science)Q2

Infectious DiseasesQ2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Immunology and AllergyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Policy & ServicesPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Immunology and AllergyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHIV/AIDS Impact and ResponsesPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskSex work and related issuesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHomelessness and Social Issues

Frequently asked questions about Sahara J

Is Sahara J a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sahara J: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Sahara J?

Sahara J 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 0.80.

Is Sahara J indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sahara J is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.