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Social and Health Sciences

Unisa Press · South Africa · Est. 2021

ISSN2957-3645

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.136

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.509

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

221

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Africa

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 19 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications98

Publisher OrgUnisa Press

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Unisa Press

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2957-3645

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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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?

N/A

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

173

2021

2022

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Intimate Partner and Family ViolenceGender Roles and Identity StudiesLGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyHomelessness and Social IssuesAfrican Sexualities and LGBTQ+ IssuesSouth African History and CulturePosthumanist Ethics and ActivismEnergy and Environment ImpactsGender Politics and RepresentationGender, Security, and Conflict

Frequently asked questions about Social and Health Sciences

Is Social and Health Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Social and Health Sciences: it is indexed in 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 Social and Health Sciences?

Social and Health Sciences is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.136.

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

Social and Health Sciences is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Social and Health Sciences?