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Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Scientific Scholar LLC · India · Est. 1991

ISSN1998-3735

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.595

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.706

Total Worksi

1,233

Total Citationsi

16,620

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.85

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1991

Annual Volume~ 57 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,233

Publisher OrgMedknow

OA Since2004

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Scientific Scholar LLC

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1998-3735

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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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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

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

721

2019

148

1.3k

2020

106

907

2021

358

2022

289

2023

134

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 PolicyQ2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & Services

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesPain Management and Opioid UseCancer survivorship and careChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsOral health in cancer treatmentGrief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthPediatric Pain Management TechniquesPatient Dignity and PrivacyPalliative and Oncologic Care

Frequently asked questions about Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Is Indian Journal of Palliative Care a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Indian Journal of Palliative Care: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Indian Journal of Palliative Care?

Indian Journal of Palliative Care 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 0.85.

Is Indian Journal of Palliative Care indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Indian Journal of Palliative Care is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Indian Journal of Palliative Care?