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South Eastern European Journal of Public Health

Jacobs Verlag · Germany · Est. 2014

ISSN2197-5248

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2024-08-13). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.183

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

2,094

Total Citationsi

787

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal covering all areas of health sciences and public health. It focuses on health systems in transition and global health, with particular relevance to Eastern European and other transition countries.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on the publisher page

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 696 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,094

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Jacobs Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2197-5248

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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

2018

2019

2021

2022

302

352

2023

1.4k

492

2024

433

110

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 PolicyQ4

Health (social science)Q4

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth (social science)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare Systems and ReformsGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyHealth and Well-being StudiesGlobal Health Care IssuesArtificial Intelligence in HealthcarePublic Health and NutritionGlobal Maternal and Child HealthPublic Health Policies and EducationChild Nutrition and Water AccessDiverse Scientific Research Studies

Frequently asked questions about South Eastern European Journal of Public Health

Is South Eastern European Journal of Public Health a predatory journal?

South Eastern European Journal of Public Health was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2024-08-13). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of South Eastern European Journal of Public Health?

South Eastern European Journal of Public Health is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.183.

Is South Eastern European Journal of Public Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

South Eastern European Journal of Public Health is indexed in Scopus.