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Journal of Wound Care

MA Healthcare Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1961

ISSN2052-2916

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.57

H-Indexi

103

SNIPi

0.743

Total Worksi

4,815

Total Citationsi

72,133

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Dermatology; Fundamentals and Skills; Nursing (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1961

Annual Volume~ 240 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,815

Publisher OrgMark Allen Group

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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?

MA Healthcare Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2052-2916

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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

180

3.1k

2019

224

3.5k

2020

221

1.6k

2021

223

1.7k

2022

244

1.2k

2023

251

683

2024

226

241

2025

141

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.

Fundamentals and SkillsQ2

Nursing (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Dermatology

Scopus Categories

Nursing (miscellaneous)Fundamentals and Skills

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Wound Healing and TreatmentsPressure Ulcer Prevention and ManagementDiabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and ManagementDiagnosis and Treatment of Venous DiseasesSurgical Sutures and AdhesivesSurgical site infection preventionBurn Injury Management and OutcomesPlanarian Biology and ElectrostimulationReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesPeripheral Artery Disease Management

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Wound Care

Is Journal of Wound Care a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Wound 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 Journal of Wound Care?

Journal of Wound 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 1.27.

Is Journal of Wound Care indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Wound Care is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Wound Care?