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Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Springer International Publishing AG · Switzerland · Est. 1993

ISSN2509-8020eISSN2509-8020

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.915

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.104

Total Worksi

1,046

Total Citationsi

14,619

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services; Health Informatics; Health Information Management.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1993

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,046

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

OA Since2016

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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?

Springer International Publishing AG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2509-8020 / 2509-8020

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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

1.7k

2019

105

3.1k

2020

134

2.3k

2021

130

2022

136

1.5k

2023

154

795

2024

157

309

2025

196

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 InformaticsQ2

Health Information ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesHealth Policy & Services

Scopus Categories

Health Information ManagementHealth Informatics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cancer survivorship and careHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifePatient-Provider Communication in HealthcareChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeMental Health and Patient InvolvementPatient Satisfaction in HealthcareDelphi Technique in ResearchTotal Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesRheumatoid Arthritis Research and TherapiesHealth Policy Implementation Science

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Is Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes: 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 Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes?

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes 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 1.97.

Is Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes?