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Tanzania Journal of Health Research

National Institute for Medical Research · Tanzania · Est. 1970

ISSN1821-6404

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.21

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.193

Total Worksi

498

Total Citationsi

2,662

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.31

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Tanzania Journal of Health Research publishes articles related to Medicine and Health Sciences. It is a peer-reviewed journal open to national and international community contributions.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionTanzania

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1970

Annual Volume~ 84 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications498

Region🌍 Global South

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

National Institute for Medical Research

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1821-6404

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

306

2018

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

124

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Maternal and Child HealthChild Nutrition and Water AccessAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMalaria Research and ControlVaccine Coverage and HesitancyZoonotic diseases and public healthHIV/AIDS Impact and ResponsesTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

Frequently asked questions about Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Is Tanzania Journal of Health Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Tanzania Journal of Health Research: it is indexed in 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 Tanzania Journal of Health Research?

Tanzania Journal of Health Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.21.

Is Tanzania Journal of Health Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Tanzania Journal of Health Research is indexed in Scopus.