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Journal of Caring Sciences

Tabriz University of Medical Sciences · Iran · Est. 1968

ISSN2251-9920

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.603

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.003

Total Worksi

377

Total Citationsi

7,415

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Professions (miscellaneous); Medicine (miscellaneous); Nursing (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionIran

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1968

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications377

Publisher OrgTabriz University of Medical Sciences

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2251-9920

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

805

2019

579

2020

487

2021

360

2022

236

2023

131

2024

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 Professions (miscellaneous)Q1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Nursing (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Nursing (miscellaneous)Health Professions (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth and Well-being StudiesNursing education and managementCOVID-19 and Mental HealthPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumCancer survivorship and careHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutInfant Development and Preterm CareFamily Caregiving in Mental Illness

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Caring Sciences

Is Journal of Caring Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Caring Sciences: it is indexed in 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 Journal of Caring Sciences?

Journal of Caring Sciences is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.603.

Is Journal of Caring Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Caring Sciences is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Caring Sciences?