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Health Technology Assessment in Action

Tehran University of Medical Sciences · Iran · Est. 2017

ISSN2645-3835

SJR Q4✓ 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

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.139

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.174

Total Worksi

192

Total Citationsi

180

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.37

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Health Technology Assessment in Action is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles related to health technology assessment. The journal's focus is dedicated to papers that review various aspects, including safety, effectiveness, and economic evaluations of medical equipment, medicines, vaccines, procedures, and systems developed to address health issues. Additionally, the journal features articles related to health policy recommendations, horizon scanning, and more.

General Information

Country / RegionIran

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2017

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications192

Publisher OrgKnowledge E

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2016

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC 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

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2645-3835

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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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?

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

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

2018

2019

2021

2022

2023

2024

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 Professions (miscellaneous)Q4

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Health Professions (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare Systems and ReformsHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeHealth and Well-being StudiesQuality and Safety in HealthcareGlobal Health Care IssuesHealthcare Quality and ManagementHealthcare Policy and ManagementPharmaceutical Economics and PolicyCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesGlobal Healthcare and Medical Tourism

Frequently asked questions about Health Technology Assessment in Action

Is Health Technology Assessment in Action a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health Technology Assessment in Action: 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 Health Technology Assessment in Action?

Health Technology Assessment in Action is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.139.

Is Health Technology Assessment in Action indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health Technology Assessment in Action is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.