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Chronic Illness

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1937

ISSN1742-3953eISSN1745-9206

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.82

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.883

Total Worksi

823

Total Citationsi

17,498

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Chronic Illness is an academic journal that publishes in the areas of Medicine & Health care. It also covers Health Care Sciences & Services, General & Internal Medicine, and Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, and Health Policy.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1937

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications823

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1742-3953 / 1745-9206

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

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

546

2019

308

2020

759

2021

563

2022

248

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 PolicyQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesMedicine, General & InternalPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diabetes Management and EducationChronic Disease Management StrategiesPrimary Care and Health OutcomesMental Health and Patient InvolvementPatient-Provider Communication in HealthcareDiabetes Management and ResearchChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeMedication Adherence and ComplianceFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ResearchInterprofessional Education and Collaboration

Frequently asked questions about Chronic Illness

Is Chronic Illness a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Chronic Illness: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Chronic Illness?

Chronic Illness 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 0.88.

Is Chronic Illness indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Chronic Illness is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.