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Inquiry (United States)

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States

ISSN1945-7243

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.797

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.826

Total Worksi

2,082

Total Citationsi

23,218

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services; Health Policy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications2,082

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1945-7243

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

1.7k

2019

1.7k

2020

199

2.7k

2021

208

2.3k

2022

195

2.3k

2023

225

2024

264

431

2025

238

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 PolicyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesHealth Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare Policy and ManagementGlobal Health Care IssuesPrimary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeHealthcare Systems and ReformsGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesPatient Satisfaction in HealthcareHealth disparities and outcomesCOVID-19 and Mental HealthGlobal Maternal and Child Health

Frequently asked questions about Inquiry (United States)

Is Inquiry (United States) a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Inquiry (United States): it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Inquiry (United States)?

Inquiry (United States) 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 1.67.

Is Inquiry (United States) indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Inquiry (United States) is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Inquiry (United States)?