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Journal of Communication in Healthcare

Maney Publishing · United Kingdom · Est. 2008

ISSN1753-8076

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.434

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.474

Total Worksi

771

Total Citationsi

5,834

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Health Policy & Services; Health Information Management; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 44 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications771

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Maney Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1753-8076

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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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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

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

165

2019

728

2020

366

2021

365

2022

296

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.

CommunicationQ2

Health Information ManagementQ3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationHealth Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Health Information ManagementCommunicationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Patient-Provider Communication in HealthcareHealth Literacy and Information AccessibilitySocial Media in Health EducationVaccine Coverage and HesitancyMisinformation and Its ImpactsEmpathy and Medical EducationMedia Influence and HealthMobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsBehavioral Health and InterventionsInnovations in Medical Education

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Communication in Healthcare

Is Journal of Communication in Healthcare a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Communication in Healthcare: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Journal of Communication in Healthcare?

Journal of Communication in Healthcare 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 1.05.

Is Journal of Communication in Healthcare indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Communication in Healthcare is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Communication in Healthcare?