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Alter

Editions de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales · France · Est. 2007

ISSN1875-0672eISSN1875-0680

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total68

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⚡ 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 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.331

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

748

Total Citationsi

6,025

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Rehabilitation; Health Policy; Health (social science); Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Psychiatry and Mental Health; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 29 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications748

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?

Editions de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1875-0672 / 1875-0680

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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

134

2019

380

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

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.

Health PolicyQ3

Health (social science)Q3

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ3

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Rehabilitation

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicinePsychiatry and Mental HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth (social science)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health, Medicine and SocietyFrench Urban and Social StudiesDisability Rights and RepresentationSocial Policies and FamilyHealthcare Systems and PracticesEducation, sociology, and vocational trainingAging, Elder Care, and Social IssuesMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, GenderSocial Sciences and GovernanceHealthcare innovation and challenges

Frequently asked questions about Alter

Is Alter a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Alter: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 68/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Alter?

Alter 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 0.33.

Is Alter indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Alter is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Alter?