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The Lancet Public Health

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1999

ISSN2468-2667eISSN2468-2667

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Fast · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

8.25

H-Indexi

147

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

7.541

Total Worksi

1,599

Total Citationsi

102,657

2yr Mean Citednessi

13.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,599

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

Review Time~8 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2468-2667 / 2468-2667

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

✅

Peer review process documented?

Peer review

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

163

9.8k

2019

181

33k

2020

182

13k

2021

169

13k

2022

185

6.2k

2023

168

4.8k

2024

170

1.6k

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 HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health disparities and outcomesCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyGlobal Health Care IssuesSubstance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesEmployment and Welfare StudiesHomelessness and Social IssuesObesity, Physical Activity, DietClimate Change and Health ImpactsMigration, Health and Trauma

Frequently asked questions about The Lancet Public Health

Is The Lancet Public Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for The Lancet Public Health: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of The Lancet Public Health?

The Lancet Public 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 13.48.

Is The Lancet Public Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

The Lancet Public Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of The Lancet Public Health?