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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 Q3WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.469
H-Indexi
53
SNIPi
0.516
Total Worksi
897
Total Citationsi
14,280
2yr Mean Citednessi
2.09
Open Impact Factor alternative
Retractions
1
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

Peer ReviewDouble-blind
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

9/11 · 82%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2210-9099 / 2233-6052
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
PMC
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
56
737
2019
58
2.8k
2020
49
710
2021
51
416
2022
60
257
2023
56
221
2024
53
176
2025
52
5
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. 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?

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.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref