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Frontiers in Public Health

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland · Est. 1880

ISSN2296-2565eISSN2296-2565

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

1.103

H-Indexi

170

SNIPi

1.04

Total Worksi

26,971

Total Citationsi

372,729

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.87

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1880

Annual Volume~ 4,729 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications26,971

Publisher OrgFrontiers Media

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSSPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2296-2565 / 2296-2565

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

CLOCKSS, PMC

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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

398

21k

2019

962

54k

2020

2.3k

62k

2021

5.3k

91k

2022

4.7k

64k

2023

4.1k

31k

2024

5.4k

18k

2025

5.2k

1.6k

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

COVID-19 and Mental HealthHealth disparities and outcomesCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesHealthcare Systems and ReformsVaccine Coverage and HesitancyObesity, Physical Activity, DietGlobal Maternal and Child HealthPhysical Activity and HealthSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Public Health

Is Frontiers in Public Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers in Public Health: 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 Frontiers in Public Health?

Frontiers in 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 2.87.

Is Frontiers in Public Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of Frontiers in Public Health?