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Stigma and Health

American Psychological Association · United States · Est. 2015

ISSN2376-6964

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.866

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.051

Total Worksi

865

Total Citationsi

9,200

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Stigma and Health publishes research related to Medicine and Psychology. The journal serves as a venue for articles examining research representing stigma in its various guises as it impacts people living with mental and physical illness.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 119 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications865

Publisher OrgAmerican Psychological Association

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Psychological Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2376-6964

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

1.1k

2019

1.3k

2020

2021

103

879

2022

388

2023

155

288

2024

105

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.

Clinical PsychologyQ2

Health PolicyQ2

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Social PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, SocialPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Social PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental HealthClinical PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mental Health Treatment and AccessChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentObesity and Health PracticesLGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyEating Disorders and BehaviorsResilience and Mental HealthHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsCOVID-19 and Mental HealthRacial and Ethnic Identity ResearchEmployment and Welfare Studies

Frequently asked questions about Stigma and Health

Is Stigma and Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Stigma and 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 Stigma and Health?

Stigma and 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 0.97.

Is Stigma and Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Stigma and Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.