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World Medical and Health Policy

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 2009

ISSN2153-2028

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

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

0.432

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.627

Total Worksi

954

Total Citationsi

6,418

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Policy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 55 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications954

Publisher OrgWiley

Visit Journal Website

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2153-2028

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

141

2019

1.8k

2020

113

772

2021

345

2022

112

2023

153

2024

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 PolicyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyHealthcare Policy and ManagementGlobal Maternal and Child HealthHealthcare Systems and ReformsFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsGlobal Health Care IssuesHealth disparities and outcomesHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeDisaster Response and ManagementPublic Health Policies and Education

Frequently asked questions about World Medical and Health Policy

Is World Medical and Health Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for World Medical and Health Policy: it is indexed in 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 World Medical and Health Policy?

World Medical and Health Policy is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.432.

Is World Medical and Health Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

World Medical and Health Policy is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of World Medical and Health Policy?