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Discover Social Science and Health

Springer Nature · Switzerland · Est. 2008

ISSN2731-0469eISSN2731-0469

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total84

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?

155

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 130d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Fast · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.471

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.545

Total Worksi

388

Total Citationsi

681

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Social Sciences, Biomedical; Health (social science); Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Health Policy; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 102 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications388

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~10 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

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2731-0469 / 2731-0469

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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

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

CLOCKSS

✅

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

2008

2021

127

2022

194

2023

249

2024

197

259

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 (social science)Q2

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Health PolicyQ3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthSocial Sciences, Biomedical

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth PolicyHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Maternal and Child HealthHealth disparities and outcomesChild Nutrition and Water AccessVaccine Coverage and HesitancyObesity, Physical Activity, DietCOVID-19 and Mental HealthAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesMigration, Health and TraumaHealthcare Systems and Reforms

Frequently asked questions about Discover Social Science and Health

Is Discover Social Science and Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Discover Social Science and Health: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Discover Social Science and Health?

Discover Social Science and 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 1.14.

Is Discover Social Science and Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Discover Social Science and Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.