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Health and Social Care Delivery Research

NIHR Journals Library · United Kingdom · Est. 2021

ISSN2755-0079

SJR Q1✓ 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

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.877

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

237

Total Citationsi

1,079

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Care Planning; Health (social science); Health Policy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 72 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications237

Publisher OrgNIHR Journals Library

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

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?

NIHR Journals Library

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2755-0079

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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

2021

501

2022

332

2023

350

2024

113

102

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.

Care PlanningQ1

Health (social science)Q1

Health PolicyQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Care PlanningHealth (social science)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Emergency and Acute Care StudiesGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesMental Health and Patient InvolvementPrimary Care and Health OutcomesChronic Disease Management StrategiesMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumHealth Policy Implementation ScienceTelemedicine and Telehealth ImplementationFrailty in Older AdultsPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Frequently asked questions about Health and Social Care Delivery Research

Is Health and Social Care Delivery Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health and Social Care Delivery Research: 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 and Social Care Delivery Research?

Health and Social Care Delivery Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.877.

Is Health and Social Care Delivery Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health and Social Care Delivery Research is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Health and Social Care Delivery Research?