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Patient Education and Counseling

Elsevier Ireland Ltd · Ireland · Est. 1967

ISSN1873-5134

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.19

H-Indexi

215

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.367

Total Worksi

10,829

Total Citationsi

379,233

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.61

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Patient Education and Counseling is an interdisciplinary journal for clinicians that aims to provide a forum for fundamental and applied research. It promotes the study of processes affecting clinical communication, patient education, counseling, health promotion, and training models. The journal also covers organizational issues involved with the delivery of patient education and counseling services.

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General Information

Country / RegionIreland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year 2001-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications10,829

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

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 Ireland Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-5134

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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

340

9.2k

2019

410

10k

2020

484

8.7k

2021

261

3.9k

2022

711

3.3k

2023

332

1.7k

2024

715

741

2025

239

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)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthSocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Patient-Provider Communication in HealthcareHealth Literacy and Information AccessibilityDiabetes Management and EducationCancer survivorship and careEmpathy and Medical EducationPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesPatient Satisfaction in HealthcareInnovations in Medical EducationHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Patient Education and Counseling

Is Patient Education and Counseling a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Patient Education and Counseling: 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 Patient Education and Counseling?

Patient Education and Counseling 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 1.61.

Is Patient Education and Counseling indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Patient Education and Counseling is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.