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Research Involvement and Engagement

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1977

ISSN2056-7529eISSN2056-7529

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.06

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.548

Total Worksi

873

Total Citationsi

20,230

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services; Health Professions (miscellaneous); Health (social science).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

Annual Volume~ 138 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications873

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2056-7529 / 2056-7529

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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, LOCKSS, PMC, INIST

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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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

2.6k

2019

3.2k

2020

3.1k

2021

1.5k

2022

122

1.9k

2023

135

2024

158

365

2025

130

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 Professions (miscellaneous)Q1

Health (social science)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesHealth Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Health Professions (miscellaneous)Health (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Policy Implementation ScienceParticipatory Visual Research MethodsPatient-Provider Communication in HealthcareEthics in Clinical ResearchHealthcare innovation and challengesSocial Media in Health EducationCommunity Health and DevelopmentHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeClinical practice guidelines implementation

Frequently asked questions about Research Involvement and Engagement

Is Research Involvement and Engagement a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Research Involvement and Engagement: 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 Research Involvement and Engagement?

Research Involvement and Engagement 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 2.88.

Is Research Involvement and Engagement indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Research Involvement and Engagement is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Research Involvement and Engagement?