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Palliative Care and Social Practice

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1994

ISSN2632-3524eISSN2632-3524

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Fast · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.805

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.114

Total Worksi

416

Total Citationsi

2,291

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Advanced and Specialized Nursing.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

Annual Volume~ 87 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications416

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~9 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2632-3524 / 2632-3524

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

154

2019

507

2020

453

2021

460

2022

462

2023

358

2024

112

106

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.

Advanced and Specialized NursingQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Advanced and Specialized Nursing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesGrief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesPatient Dignity and PrivacyFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeCancer survivorship and careFamily Support in IllnessPalliative and Oncologic CarePatient-Provider Communication in Healthcare

Frequently asked questions about Palliative Care and Social Practice

Is Palliative Care and Social Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Palliative Care and Social Practice: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Palliative Care and Social Practice?

Palliative Care and Social Practice 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 1.48.

Is Palliative Care and Social Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Palliative Care and Social Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Palliative Care and Social Practice?