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SSM - Qualitative Research in Health

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2021

ISSN2667-3215eISSN2667-3215

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 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

1.033

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.882

Total Worksi

755

Total Citationsi

4,700

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

SSM - Qualitative Research in Health publishes international and interdisciplinary qualitative research, methodological, and theoretical contributions related to medical care, illness, disease, health, and wellbeing. The journal supports researchers in disciplines where qualitative research is underrepresented and aims to reach an interdisciplinary audience of social scientists, health providers, public health scholars, practitioners, and health policy decision makers.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications755

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSSPortico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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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?

2667-3215 / 2667-3215

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

CLOCKSS, Portico

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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

472

2021

182

2.6k

2022

171

1.5k

2023

133

656

2024

175

272

2025

157

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 (social science)Q1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthSocial Sciences, Biomedical

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Health (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Migration, Health and TraumaGlobal Maternal and Child HealthHomelessness and Social IssuesMental Health and Patient InvolvementReproductive Health and ContraceptionVaccine Coverage and HesitancyEmployment and Welfare StudiesAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthLGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Frequently asked questions about SSM - Qualitative Research in Health

Is SSM - Qualitative Research in Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for SSM - Qualitative Research in 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 SSM - Qualitative Research in Health?

SSM - Qualitative Research in 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 1.67.

Is SSM - Qualitative Research in Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

SSM - Qualitative Research in Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.