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Online Journal of Public Health Informatics

JMIR Publications Inc. · Canada · Est. 1991

ISSN1947-2579eISSN1947-2579

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.54

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,779

Total Citationsi

7,270

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Online Journal of Public Health Informatics (OJPHI) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes original research, case studies, and commentaries on the application of informatics to public health.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1991

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,779

Publisher OrgUniversity of Illinois at Chicago

OA Since2013

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

JMIR Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1947-2579 / 1947-2579

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

254

711

2019

175

2020

154

2021

165

2022

2023

161

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Health InformaticsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesMedical Informatics

Scopus Categories

Health InformaticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Data-Driven Disease SurveillanceInfluenza Virus Research StudiesPublic Health Policies and EducationCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesViral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchZoonotic diseases and public healthEmergency and Acute Care StudiesElectronic Health Records SystemsRespiratory viral infections researchMobile Health and mHealth Applications

Frequently asked questions about Online Journal of Public Health Informatics

Is Online Journal of Public Health Informatics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Online Journal of Public Health Informatics: 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 Online Journal of Public Health Informatics?

Online Journal of Public Health Informatics 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 1.47.

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

Online Journal of Public Health Informatics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.