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Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India · Est. 2003

ISSN1998-3670

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

⚠ Withdrawn from DOAJ-15

Total53

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Removed from DOAJ (2017-09-05). 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 ↗

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

270

days submission → published

measured · last 18 articles · accept 170d

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.244

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.263

Total Worksi

890

Total Citationsi

12,993

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.73

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 66 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications890

Publisher OrgMedknow

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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?

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1998-3670

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

428

2019

460

2020

291

2021

189

2022

145

2023

111

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.

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Occupational Health and Safety ResearchOccupational exposure and asthmaMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationOccupational and environmental lung diseasesWorkplace Health and Well-beingErgonomics and Musculoskeletal DisordersAir Quality and Health ImpactsPesticide Exposure and ToxicityIndoor Air Quality and Microbial ExposureHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout

Frequently asked questions about Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Is Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine a predatory journal?

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-09-05). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine?

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 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 0.73.

Is Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine?