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Global Health Research and Policy

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2011

ISSN2397-0642eISSN2397-0642

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

1.551

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.356

Total Worksi

466

Total Citationsi

11,770

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Epidemiology; Health Policy; Health (social science); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 59 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications466

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2397-0642 / 2397-0642

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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?

CLOCKSS

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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

1.1k

2019

3.8k

2020

1.2k

2021

1.2k

2022

1.3k

2023

530

2024

347

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.

EpidemiologyQ1

Health PolicyQ1

Health (social science)Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

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

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Maternal and Child HealthHealthcare Systems and ReformsGlobal Health and SurgeryCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyViral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeChild Nutrition and Water AccessCOVID-19 and Mental HealthVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Frequently asked questions about Global Health Research and Policy

Is Global Health Research and Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Global Health Research and Policy: 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 Global Health Research and Policy?

Global Health Research and Policy 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 4.53.

Is Global Health Research and Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Global Health Research and Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Global Health Research and Policy?