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Human Factors in Healthcare

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 2014

ISSN2772-5014eISSN2772-5014

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.585

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.98

Total Worksi

148

Total Citationsi

690

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ergonomics; Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Professions (miscellaneous); Human Factors and Ergonomics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications148

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

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

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2772-5014 / 2772-5014

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

Portico, 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

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

2014

2021

480

2022

117

2023

2024

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 Professions (miscellaneous)Q1

Human Factors and ErgonomicsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

ErgonomicsHealth Care Sciences & Services

Scopus Categories

Health Professions (miscellaneous)Human Factors and Ergonomics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealthcare Technology and Patient MonitoringSimulation-Based Education in HealthcareElectronic Health Records SystemsOccupational Health and Safety ResearchMobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsQuality and Safety in HealthcareHuman-Automation Interaction and SafetyMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout

Frequently asked questions about Human Factors in Healthcare

Is Human Factors in Healthcare a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Human Factors in Healthcare: 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 Human Factors in Healthcare?

Human Factors in Healthcare 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 1.27.

Is Human Factors in Healthcare indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Human Factors in Healthcare is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Human Factors in Healthcare?