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Health Equity

Mary Ann Liebert Inc. · United States · Est. 1950

ISSN2473-1242eISSN2473-1242

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.976

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.986

Total Worksi

834

Total Citationsi

10,209

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1950

Annual Volume~ 105 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications834

Publisher OrgMary Ann Liebert, Inc.

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-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

PorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Mary Ann Liebert Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2473-1242 / 2473-1242

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

Portico, PMC

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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

2.4k

2019

1.7k

2020

110

1.8k

2021

112

1.4k

2022

111

738

2023

120

346

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.

Health PolicyQ1

Health (social science)Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Health Information ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Health Information ManagementPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth (social science)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsMigration, Health and TraumaRacial and Ethnic Identity ResearchHealthcare Policy and ManagementCultural Competency in Health CareGlobal Health Workforce IssuesPrimary Care and Health OutcomesHealth disparities and outcomesPublic Health Policies and EducationDiversity and Career in Medicine

Frequently asked questions about Health Equity

Is Health Equity a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health Equity: 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 Health Equity?

Health Equity 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 1.28.

Is Health Equity indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health Equity is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Health Equity?