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LGBT Health

Mary Ann Liebert Inc. · United States · Est. 1996

ISSN2325-8306

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.389

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.503

Total Worksi

839

Total Citationsi

23,176

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Dermatology; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Psychiatry and Mental Health; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Urology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyEight No. A Year, 2018-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications839

Publisher OrgMary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Mary Ann Liebert Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2325-8306

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

2.6k

2019

2.2k

2020

1.8k

2021

1.5k

2022

900

2023

335

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.

DermatologyQ1

Obstetrics and GynecologyQ1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

UrologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

UrologyPsychiatry and Mental HealthDermatologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthObstetrics and Gynecology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

LGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsSexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyReproductive Health and TechnologiesAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthSex work and related issuesRacial and Ethnic Identity ResearchAfrican Sexualities and LGBTQ+ IssuesGender Roles and Identity StudiesHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Frequently asked questions about LGBT Health

Is LGBT Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for LGBT Health: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 LGBT Health?

LGBT 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 2.48.

Is LGBT Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

LGBT Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of LGBT Health?