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International Journal of Transgender Health

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1994

ISSN2689-5269eISSN2689-5277

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 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

2.285

H-Indexi

SNIPi

5.842

Total Worksi

622

Total Citationsi

10,250

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The International Journal of Transgender Health is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on gender dysphoria and gender incongruence. It publishes on the medical treatment of transgender individuals, social and legal acceptance of gender-affirming surgery, and professional and clinical guidance for healthcare professionals assisting transgender and gender diverse people. The journal serves as a multidisciplinary scholarly forum for academics, practitioners, policy makers, and the general population in the field of transgender health.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications622

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2689-5269 / 2689-5277

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

508

2019

2.6k

2020

1.2k

2021

5.9k

2022

622

2023

134

2024

218

446

2025

166

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.

Gender StudiesQ1

Health PolicyQ1

Health (social science)Q1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, ClinicalPublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthSocial Sciences, BiomedicalSocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Gender StudiesMedicine (miscellaneous)Health (social science)Health Policy

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Transgender Health

Is International Journal of Transgender Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Transgender Health: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 International Journal of Transgender Health?

International Journal of Transgender 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 2.48.

Is International Journal of Transgender Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Transgender Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.