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Reproductive Health

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1978

ISSN1742-4755eISSN1742-4755

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

1.098

H-Indexi

128

SNIPi

1.659

Total Worksi

2,713

Total Citationsi

98,270

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Reproductive Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

Annual Volume~ 231 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,713

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2003

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

British Library; Koninklijke BibliotheekCLOCKSSLOCKSSPorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1742-4755 / 1742-4755

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

British Library; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico, PMC

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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

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

185

8.3k

2019

198

6.9k

2020

253

2021

239

2022

186

2.3k

2023

207

1.5k

2024

300

910

2025

192

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.

Obstetrics and GynecologyQ1

Reproductive MedicineQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Reproductive MedicineObstetrics and Gynecology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Maternal and Child HealthAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthReproductive Health and ContraceptionMaternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsReproductive Health and TechnologiesMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMaternal and fetal healthcareChild Nutrition and Water AccessGlobal Health and Surgery

Frequently asked questions about Reproductive Health

Is Reproductive Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Reproductive Health: 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 Reproductive Health?

Reproductive Health 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 2.65.

Is Reproductive Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Reproductive Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Reproductive Health?