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The Lancet Planetary Health

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1991

ISSN2542-5196eISSN2542-5196

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 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

4.577

H-Indexi

132

SNIPi

7.027

Total Worksi

1,550

Total Citationsi

72,902

2yr Mean Citednessi

8.86

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Health Policy; Health (social science); Medicine (miscellaneous); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1991

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,550

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

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

Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2542-5196 / 2542-5196

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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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?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, 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

166

7.6k

2019

143

12k

2020

200

17k

2021

183

12k

2022

151

6.4k

2023

183

2024

216

1.5k

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

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)Health (social science)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Climate Change and Health ImpactsAir Quality and Health ImpactsHealth, Environment, Cognitive AgingAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactZoonotic diseases and public healthGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyClimate Change Communication and PerceptionGlobal Health Care IssuesEnergy and Environment ImpactsUrban Green Space and Health

Frequently asked questions about The Lancet Planetary Health

Is The Lancet Planetary Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for The Lancet Planetary Health: 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 The Lancet Planetary Health?

The Lancet Planetary 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 8.86.

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

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