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Disability and Health Journal

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1966

ISSN1936-6574eISSN1876-7583

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.029

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.649

Total Worksi

1,908

Total Citationsi

36,919

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Rehabilitation; Medicine (miscellaneous); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1966

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,908

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 Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1936-6574 / 1876-7583

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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

123

2.7k

2019

134

4.4k

2020

145

2021

122

1.5k

2022

102

763

2023

139

594

2024

142

174

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesHealth Policy & ServicesPublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthRehabilitation

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Down syndrome and intellectual disability researchDisability Rights and RepresentationCerebral Palsy and Movement DisordersDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesSpinal Cord Injury ResearchFamily and Disability Support ResearchDisability Education and EmploymentHuman auditory perception and evaluationInclusion and Disability in Education and SportHealth disparities and outcomes

Frequently asked questions about Disability and Health Journal

Is Disability and Health Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Disability and Health Journal: 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 Disability and Health Journal?

Disability and Health Journal 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 2.05.

Is Disability and Health Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Disability and Health Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.