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Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings

Page Press Publications · Italy · Est. 2013

ISSN2281-7824eISSN2281-7824
SJR Q4WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4 · Scopus CiteScore 0.2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q4
SJR · Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.18
H-Indexi
10
CiteScorei
0.2
Total Worksi
477
Total Citationsi
643
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.48
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Healthcare in Low-resource Settings is an open access, peer-reviewed journal which aims to publish high-quality, outcome-based research conducted in or applicable to low-resource settings. Potential topics of interest are also: comparison of different medical procedures in terms of their effects on healthcare resources; education of health professionals in rural areas; strategies to formulate effective health policies in those areas, and guidelines targeted specifically to them; advances in healthcare resource management.

General Information

Country / RegionItaly
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2013
Annual Volume~ 125 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications477
Publisher OrgPAGEPress (Italy)
OA Since2012
Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind
OA LicenseCC BY-NC
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
LOCKSSPKP PNPortico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/11 · 91%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Page Press Publications
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2281-7824 / 2281-7824
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
LOCKSS, PKP PN, Portico
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
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
6
17
2018
1
1
2019
8
12
2021
15
9
2022
115
210
2023
178
141
2024
83
33
2025
13
0
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 PolicyQ4
Health (social science)Q4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & Services

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth (social science)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Public Health and NutritionChild Nutrition and Water AccessGlobal Maternal and Child HealthHealthcare Quality and SatisfactionBreastfeeding Practices and InfluencesCOVID-19 and Mental HealthObesity, Physical Activity, DietHealthcare Systems and ReformsMethodologies in Health Research and PracticeFamily Caregiving in Mental Illness

Frequently asked questions about Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings

Is Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings: 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 Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings?

Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 0.2.

Is Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings?

Healthcare in Low-resource Settings is an open access, peer-reviewed journal which aims to publish high-quality, outcome-based research conducted in or applicable to low-resource settings. Potential topics of interest are also: comparison of different medical procedures in terms of their effects on healthcare resources; education of health professionals in rural areas; strategies to formulate effective health policies in those areas, and guidelines targeted specifically to them; advances in healthcare resource management.

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