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Women and Birth

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2004

ISSN1871-5192eISSN1878-1799

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.291

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.416

Total Worksi

3,386

Total Citationsi

46,192

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Nursing; Obstetrics & Gynecology; Maternity and Midwifery; Medicine (miscellaneous); Obstetrics and Gynecology.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,386

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1871-5192 / 1878-1799

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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

280

2019

174

2020

131

3.3k

2021

295

2022

234

1.2k

2023

239

611

2024

255

370

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.

Maternity and MidwiferyQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Obstetrics and GynecologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

NursingObstetrics & Gynecology

Scopus Categories

Maternity and MidwiferyObstetrics and GynecologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Maternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumGlobal Maternal and Child HealthBreastfeeding Practices and InfluencesGrief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthNursing education and managementMaternal and fetal healthcareGlobal Health Workforce IssuesGestational Diabetes Research and ManagementInfant Development and Preterm Care

Frequently asked questions about Women and Birth

Is Women and Birth a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Women and Birth: 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 Women and Birth?

Women and Birth 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 1.25.

Is Women and Birth indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Women and Birth is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Women and Birth?