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Journal of Health Administration

Iran University of Medical Sciences · Iran

ISSN2008-1200

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2024-02-15). 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 ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.177

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.199

Total Worksi

428

Total Citationsi

168

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The journal publishes research articles including qualitative and quantitative studies. All research articles must have an ethics code and cannot be reviewed without it. The journal is pleased to publish a scientific and specialized special issue on health policy in the conditions of the Iran-Israel war. For more details, refer to the journal's news.

General Information

Country / RegionIran

Primary LanguagePersian

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2022)

Total Publications428

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer-reviewed

OA LicenseCC BY-NC 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Iran University of Medical Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2008-1200

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Peer-reviewed

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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?

Persian

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

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2022

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.

Emergency MedicineQ3

Health InformaticsQ4

Health Information ManagementQ4

Health PolicyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Health Information ManagementHealth InformaticsEmergency MedicineHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and StrategiesHealthcare Policy and ManagementHealthcare Systems and ReformsGlobal Health Care IssuesGlobal Healthcare and Medical TourismCustomer Service Quality and LoyaltyArtificial Intelligence in HealthcarePrimary Care and Health Outcomes

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Health Administration

Is Journal of Health Administration a predatory journal?

Journal of Health Administration was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2024-02-15). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Health Administration?

Journal of Health Administration is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.177.

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

Journal of Health Administration is indexed in Scopus.