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Global Journal on Quality and Safety in Healthcare

Innovative Healthcare Institute · United States · Est. 2012

ISSN2589-9449
SJR Q4Scopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
30
/ 100
High Risk
Score Breakdown
Scopus Q4+5
DOAJ Verified+15
Total30
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 ↗
SJR Score
0.179
H-Index
16
CiteScore
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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
Total Works
205
Total Citations
1,132
2yr Mean Citedness
2.86
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Aims & Scope

JQSH aims to help healthcare professionals improve their practice by publishing quality and safety improvement outcomes in various disciplines, environments, and countries. JQSH is indexed by PubMed Central (PMC), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Scopus, and Crossref. Global Journal on Quality and Safety in Healthcare (JQSH) ( jqsh.org ) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that is published quarterly by the Innovative Healthcare Institute (Cincinnati, OH, USA) ( innovativehci.com ). JQSH aims to help healthcare providers and support staff improve their practice by publishing evidence from real-world examples of quality and safety improvement outcomes in various disciplines, environments, and countries. Our readership includes physicians, nurses, pharmacists, quality improvement staff, healthcare administrators, allied health professionals, and others. The scope of the Journal includes topics related to healthcare quality and safety according to the six domains of quality improvement (safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable) as well as system thinking, value-based healthcare, leadership and management, health economic guidelines, evidence-based medicine, and implementation sciences. The Journal publishes original research, quality improvement projects, systematic and narrative reviews of the literature, brief reports, health policy analyses and perspectives, learning corner articles, invited editorials and commentaries, and more.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
24
weeks to review
Slow · median is 15 wks
Q4
SJR Rank
Bottom 25%

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2012
Frequencyquarterly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications205
Publisher OrgMedknow
OA Since2019
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind
Review Time~24 weeks
Acceptance Rate
OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, Public domain
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
LOCKSSCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/12 · 83%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Innovative Healthcare Institute
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2589-9449
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
LOCKSS, 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
Times cited
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Chemical Health and SafetyQ4
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ4
Safety ResearchQ4
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Chemical Health and SafetySafety ResearchSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifePharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesHealthcare Quality and ManagementEconomic and Financial Impacts of CancerMedical Malpractice and Liability IssuesPatient Satisfaction in HealthcarePharmaceutical Economics and PolicyGlobal Maternal and Child HealthHealthcare cost, quality, practices
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref