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Journal of Patient Experience

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1979

ISSN2374-3743eISSN2374-3735

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.674

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.801

Total Worksi

1,370

Total Citationsi

12,941

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy; Health (social science); Leadership and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1979

FrequencyAnnual, 2021-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,370

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2374-3743 / 2374-3735

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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

109

1.2k

2019

171

2.3k

2020

226

2.8k

2021

192

1.7k

2022

116

728

2023

124

402

2024

164

168

2025

111

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 PolicyQ2

Health (social science)Q2

Leadership and ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & Services

Scopus Categories

Leadership and ManagementHealth (social science)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Patient Satisfaction in HealthcarePatient-Provider Communication in HealthcareEmpathy and Medical EducationFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsPrimary Care and Health OutcomesPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesTelemedicine and Telehealth ImplementationMental Health and Patient InvolvementHealthcare Policy and ManagementEmergency and Acute Care Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Patient Experience

Is Journal of Patient Experience a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Patient Experience: 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 Journal of Patient Experience?

Journal of Patient Experience 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 1.22.

Is Journal of Patient Experience indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Patient Experience is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Patient Experience?