Kontakt

University of South Bohemia · Czech Republic · Est. 1976

ISSN1804-7122

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.221

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.397

Total Worksi

1,225

Total Citationsi

2,765

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Kontakt is a peer-reviewed, open access journal covering nursing, social sciences and health, social determinants of health, social work, and health and illness. It also publishes articles related to health and illness.

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General Information

Country / RegionCzech Republic

Primary LanguageCzech, English

1st Year Published1976

Annual Volume~ 57 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,225

Publisher OrgUniversity of South Bohemia in České Budějovice

OA Since2004

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of South Bohemia

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1804-7122

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Czech, 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

192

2019

153

2020

242

2021

113

2022

107

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)Q3

Nursing (miscellaneous)Q3

Public AdministrationQ3

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

NursingPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Nursing (miscellaneous)Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPublic AdministrationHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Education, Psychology, and Social ResearchPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesFamily Support in IllnessHealth and Wellbeing ResearchChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeNursing Diagnosis and DocumentationHealth, psychology, and well-beingHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutHealth Literacy and Information AccessibilityEthics in medical practice

Frequently asked questions about Kontakt

Is Kontakt a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Kontakt: 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 Kontakt?

Kontakt 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 0.40.

Is Kontakt indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Kontakt is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.