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The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1986

ISSN2666-6065eISSN2666-6065

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

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

2.77

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

2.263

Total Worksi

1,724

Total Citationsi

22,974

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific publishes original research, reviews, commentaries, and opinion pieces that illuminate clinical practice and health policy in the Western Pacific region. The journal aims to improve health outcomes by advancing the research agenda, clinical practice, and health policy through a regional lens, with a focus on medicine and internal medicine.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1986

Annual Volume~ 340 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,724

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2019

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~11 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

PorticoKoninklijke BibliotheekPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2666-6065 / 2666-6065

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, PMC, 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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2017

2.4k

2020

257

6.7k

2021

297

6.8k

2022

309

5.2k

2023

265

2.2k

2024

447

868

2025

123

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.

Geriatrics and GerontologyQ1

Health PolicyQ1

Infectious DiseasesQ1

Internal MedicineQ1

Obstetrics and GynecologyQ1

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeriatrics and GerontologyPsychiatry and Mental HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthObstetrics and GynecologyInfectious DiseasesHealth PolicyInternal Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesHealthcare Systems and ReformsClimate Change and Health ImpactsVaccine Coverage and HesitancyCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesGlobal Maternal and Child HealthGlobal Cancer Incidence and ScreeningCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsHealth disparities and outcomes

Frequently asked questions about The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

Is The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific: 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 The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific?

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific 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 3.33.

Is The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.