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Open Public Health Journal

Bentham Science Publishers · United Arab Emirates · Est. 2008

ISSN1874-9445

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-03-23). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.284

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.252

Total Worksi

1,147

Total Citationsi

4,758

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Open Public Health Journal is an open-access journal which publishes original research articles, reviews/mini-reviews, short articles and guest-edited single-topic issues in the field of public health. Topics covered in this interdisciplinary journal include: public health policy and practice; theory and methods; occupational health and education; epidemiology; social medicine; health services research; ethics; environmental health; adolescent health; AIDS care; and mental health care. The Open Public Health Journal , a peer reviewed journal, is an important and reliable source of current information on developments in the field. Emphasis is placed on publishing quality papers, making them freely available to researchers worldwide. The Open Public Health Journal is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal covering all aspects of public health published continuously by Bentham Open.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Arab Emirates

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Frequencycontinuously

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,147

Publisher OrgBentham Science Publishers

OA Since2016

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer reviewed

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Bentham Science Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1874-9445

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer reviewed

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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?

Yes

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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

607

2019

122

892

2020

431

2021

145

522

2022

172

288

2023

213

640

2024

172

208

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.

Community and Home CareQ3

Health (social science)Q3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth (social science)Community and Home Care

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Maternal and Child HealthCOVID-19 and Mental HealthAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthChild Nutrition and Water AccessCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesObesity, Physical Activity, DietHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsHealthcare Systems and Reforms

Frequently asked questions about Open Public Health Journal

Is Open Public Health Journal a predatory journal?

Open Public Health Journal was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-03-23). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Open Public Health Journal?

Open Public Health Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.284.

Is Open Public Health Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Open Public Health Journal is indexed in Scopus.