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Health and Place

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1987

ISSN1873-2054

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

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

1.328

H-Indexi

175

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.266

Total Worksi

3,544

Total Citationsi

168,830

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Geography, Planning and Development; Health (social science); Life-span and Life-course Studies; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

FrequencySix No. A Year, 2009-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,544

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-2054

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

188

7.6k

2019

182

2020

195

4.6k

2021

175

3.6k

2022

168

2.4k

2023

190

1.3k

2024

184

415

2025

104

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Health (social science)Q1

Life-span and Life-course StudiesQ1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceLife-span and Life-course StudiesGeography, Planning and DevelopmentPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health disparities and outcomesUrban Transport and AccessibilityUrban Green Space and HealthObesity, Physical Activity, DietHomelessness and Social IssuesUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesNoise Effects and ManagementEmployment and Welfare StudiesMigration, Aging, and Tourism StudiesGlobal Health Care Issues

Frequently asked questions about Health and Place

Is Health and Place a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health and Place: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Health and Place?

Health and Place 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 3.11.

Is Health and Place indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health and Place is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.