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Public Health Reviews

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland · Est. 1971

ISSN2107-6952eISSN2107-6952

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.242

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.471

Total Worksi

532

Total Citationsi

18,525

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Community and Home Care; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

FrequencySemiannual, 2010-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications532

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2107-6952 / 2107-6952

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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?

PMC, CLOCKSS

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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

390

2019

2.4k

2020

721

2021

824

2022

358

2023

461

2024

240

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.

Community and Home CareQ1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCommunity and Home Care

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Public Health Policies and EducationGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyClimate Change and Health ImpactsMigration, Health and TraumaGlobal Maternal and Child HealthHealth disparities and outcomesHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeMental Health Treatment and AccessHealthcare cost, quality, practicesObesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Frequently asked questions about Public Health Reviews

Is Public Health Reviews a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Public Health Reviews: 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 Public Health Reviews?

Public Health Reviews 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 3.30.

Is Public Health Reviews indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Public Health Reviews is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Public Health Reviews?