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HRB Open Research

F1000 Research Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2009

ISSN2515-4826

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.455

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.411

Total Worksi

1,083

Total Citationsi

3,663

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.61

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Professions (miscellaneous); Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 147 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,083

Publisher OrgFaculty of 1000

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

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?

F1000 Research Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2515-4826

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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

393

2019

165

1.1k

2020

199

920

2021

144

633

2022

120

288

2023

128

164

2024

192

114

2025

103

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 Professions (miscellaneous)Q2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Health Professions (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeHealth Policy Implementation ScienceMental Health and Patient InvolvementChronic Disease Management StrategiesFrailty in Older AdultsGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth disparities and outcomesCOVID-19 and Mental HealthClinical practice guidelines implementationDelphi Technique in Research

Frequently asked questions about HRB Open Research

Is HRB Open Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for HRB Open Research: it is indexed in 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 HRB Open Research?

HRB Open Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.455.

Is HRB Open Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

HRB Open Research is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of HRB Open Research?