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American Journal of Health Promotion

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1986

ISSN2168-6602

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.814

H-Indexi

131

SNIPi

1.032

Total Worksi

4,366

Total Citationsi

114,313

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Health (social science); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1986

FrequencyEight No. A Year, 2018-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,366

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2168-6602

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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

160

2.2k

2019

196

3.2k

2020

163

2.3k

2021

191

1.8k

2022

145

689

2023

172

580

2024

168

208

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 (social science)Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietPhysical Activity and HealthWorkplace Health and Well-beingSmoking Behavior and CessationSchool Health and Nursing EducationBehavioral Health and InterventionsUrban Transport and AccessibilityHealth disparities and outcomesFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Frequently asked questions about American Journal of Health Promotion

Is American Journal of Health Promotion a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for American Journal of Health Promotion: 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 American Journal of Health Promotion?

American Journal of Health Promotion 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 1.36.

Is American Journal of Health Promotion indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Journal of Health Promotion is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of American Journal of Health Promotion?