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Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives

Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · South Korea · Est. 1975

ISSN2210-9099eISSN2233-6052

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total78

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

176

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 100d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.469

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.516

Total Worksi

897

Total Citationsi

14,280

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

The Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives (PHRP) is the international bimonthly journal founded in 2010 by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency . With the mission of the KDCA, creating the disease-free world, the PHRP encourages to share the medical information and knowledge in the areas of public health.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1975

Frequencybimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications897

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2009

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~16 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2210-9099 / 2233-6052

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

PMC

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

710

2019

2.8k

2020

693

2021

404

2022

244

2023

199

2024

145

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.

Infectious DiseasesQ3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

COVID-19 epidemiological studiesHealth and Wellbeing ResearchSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchVaccine Coverage and HesitancyCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMosquito-borne diseases and controlCOVID-19 and Mental HealthTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyViral Infections and Outbreaks Research

Frequently asked questions about Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives

Is Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 78/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives?

Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives 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 2.09.

Is Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives?

How much does it cost to publish in Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives?

Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives is a Diamond open-access journal — there is no article processing charge (APC) to publish.