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Indian Journal of Public Health

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India

ISSN2229-7693

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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?

334

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 120d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.312

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

1,638

Total Citationsi

16,234

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Indian Journal of Public Health covers health protection, public health policy, nutrition, behavioural medicine, and epidemiology. It also considers occupational health and safety issues in the workplace. Articles aligned with national health issues and policy implications are preferred.

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

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 147 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,638

Publisher OrgMedknow

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~29 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2229-7693

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

✅

Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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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

1.1k

2019

140

2.1k

2020

776

2021

143

593

2022

153

402

2023

130

189

2024

157

2025

108

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.

EpidemiologyQ3

Health PolicyQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)Health PolicyEpidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Maternal and Child HealthChild Nutrition and Water AccessHealthcare Systems and ReformsGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesGlobal Health and EpidemiologyVaccine Coverage and HesitancyHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsSmoking Behavior and CessationSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Frequently asked questions about Indian Journal of Public Health

Is Indian Journal of Public Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Indian Journal of Public Health: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Indian Journal of Public Health?

Indian Journal of Public Health 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 0.55.

Is Indian Journal of Public Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Indian Journal of Public Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.