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Preventive Medicine Reports

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1952

ISSN2211-3355eISSN2211-3355

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

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?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

1.05

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.863

Total Worksi

3,433

Total Citationsi

53,577

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Health Informatics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1952

Annual Volume~ 407 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,433

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~14 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2211-3355 / 2211-3355

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

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

247

5.7k

2019

255

5.1k

2020

386

6.6k

2021

400

4.8k

2022

472

3.5k

2023

359

1.7k

2024

390

499

2025

172

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.

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Health InformaticsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Health InformaticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietSmoking Behavior and CessationPhysical Activity and HealthHealth disparities and outcomesGlobal Cancer Incidence and ScreeningVaccine Coverage and HesitancyFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsUrban Transport and AccessibilityCervical Cancer and HPV ResearchNutritional Studies and Diet

Frequently asked questions about Preventive Medicine Reports

Is Preventive Medicine Reports a predatory journal?

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

What is the impact factor of Preventive Medicine Reports?

Preventive Medicine Reports 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 2.17.

Is Preventive Medicine Reports indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Preventive Medicine Reports is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Preventive Medicine Reports?