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Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research

BECARIS PUBLISHING · United Kingdom · Est. 1955

ISSN2042-6305eISSN2042-6313

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

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.903

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.712

Total Worksi

1,449

Total Citationsi

15,290

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1955

FrequencySixteen No. A Year, 2019-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,449

Publisher OrgFuture Medicine

OA Since2022

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BECARIS PUBLISHING

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2042-6305 / 2042-6313

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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?

CLOCKSS

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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

122

1.7k

2019

122

1.8k

2020

145

1.5k

2021

123

1.4k

2022

709

2023

100

442

2024

123

243

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & Services

Scopus Categories

Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifePharmaceutical Economics and PolicyHealth Policy Implementation ScienceHealthcare cost, quality, practicesHealthcare Policy and ManagementStatistical Methods in Clinical TrialsAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesAdvanced Causal Inference TechniquesPrimary Care and Health OutcomesEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research

Is Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research: 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 Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research?

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research 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 1.93.

Is Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research?