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Home Healthcare Now

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins · United States · Est. 1956

ISSN2374-4529

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.22

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.483

Total Worksi

1,226

Total Citationsi

4,211

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Advanced and Specialized Nursing; Community and Home Care; Health (social science).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1956

Annual Volume~ 82 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,226

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2374-4529

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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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?

N/A

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

457

2019

338

2020

317

2021

170

2022

155

2023

112

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.

Advanced and Specialized NursingQ3

Community and Home CareQ3

Health (social science)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Advanced and Specialized NursingHealth (social science)Community and Home Care

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsPharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesNursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipPressure Ulcer Prevention and ManagementPatient Safety and Medication ErrorsHeart Failure Treatment and ManagementFrailty in Older AdultsICT Impact and Policies

Frequently asked questions about Home Healthcare Now

Is Home Healthcare Now a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Home Healthcare Now: it is indexed in 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 Home Healthcare Now?

Home Healthcare Now is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.22.

Is Home Healthcare Now indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Home Healthcare Now is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Home Healthcare Now?