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Journal of Research and Health

Gonabad University of Medical Sciences · Iran · Est. 2011

ISSN2423-5717

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2025-03-31). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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

0.242

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.177

Total Worksi

664

Total Citationsi

1,651

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Journal of Research and Health is an international peer-reviewed bimonthly publication that provides a forum for contemporary issues and challenges in Public Health research and practice. Its coverage includes contributions from the whole spectrum of public health across the domains of Health Improvement, Medicine, and Population.

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General Information

Country / RegionIran

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 61 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications664

Publisher OrgGonabad University of Medical Sciences

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2015

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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?

Gonabad University of Medical Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2423-5717

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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

259

2019

182

2020

139

2021

116

2022

110

2023

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.

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health and Well-being StudiesChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentCOVID-19 and Mental HealthAttachment and Relationship DynamicsHealth and Wellbeing ResearchFamily Dynamics and RelationshipsMindfulness and Compassion InterventionsResilience and Mental HealthReligion, Spirituality, and PsychologyOptimism, Hope, and Well-being

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Research and Health

Is Journal of Research and Health a predatory journal?

Journal of Research and Health was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2025-03-31). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Research and Health?

Journal of Research and Health is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.242.

Is Journal of Research and Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Research and Health is indexed in Scopus.