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Health Behavior and Policy Review

Paris Scholar Publishing, Ltd. · United States · Est. 1940

ISSN2326-4403eISSN2326-4403
SJR Q3WOS ESCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 1.4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.224
H-Indexi
21
CiteScorei
1.4
SNIPi
0.201
Total Worksi
572
Total Citationsi
2,441
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.51
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Health Behav Policy Rev a rigorously peer-reviewed scholarly publication that seeks manuscripts on health behavior or policy topics that represent original research, including papers that examine the development, advocacy, implementation, or evaluation of policies around specific health issues. Its scope is international with particular interest in reporting on priority health topics identified by the World Health Organization and priority objectives identified in the US publication Healthy People 2030.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1940
Frequency6 Issues Annually
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications572
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Paris Scholar Publishing, Ltd.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2326-4403 / 2326-4403
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
double-blind peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
55
255
2019
58
263
2020
56
242
2021
42
75
2022
26
39
2023
30
31
2024
27
7
2025
7
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 PolicyQ3
Health (social science)Q3
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

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

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietSchool Health and Nursing EducationSmoking Behavior and CessationNutrition, Health and Food BehaviorPhysical Activity and HealthFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth and Lifestyle StudiesChildren's Physical and Motor DevelopmentHealth and Wellbeing ResearchSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Frequently asked questions about Health Behavior and Policy Review

Is Health Behavior and Policy Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health Behavior and Policy Review: 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 Health Behavior and Policy Review?

Health Behavior and Policy Review 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 1.4.

Is Health Behavior and Policy Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health Behavior and Policy Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Health Behavior and Policy Review?

Health Behav Policy Rev a rigorously peer-reviewed scholarly publication that seeks manuscripts on health behavior or policy topics that represent original research, including papers that examine the development, advocacy, implementation, or evaluation of policies around specific health issues. Its scope is international with particular interest in reporting on priority health topics identified by the World Health Organization and priority objectives identified in the US publication Healthy People 2030.

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