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Global Health Action is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.4), WoS SCIE/SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 1654-9716Verify ISSN ↗1654-9880Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Policy | 96 / 330 | 71st | Q2 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 221 / 725 | 69th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.4.
Global Health Action is Q2 in Health Policy (rank 96 of 330) and Q2 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 221 of 725), by CiteScore 2025.
Global Health Action is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 71st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.926, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 83.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,509 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Global Health Action is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1654-9716 and its online ISSN is 1654-9880.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Global Health Action has an h-index of 112 and a 2-year mean of 3.14 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #51 of 327 Scopus journals in Health Policy.
Global Health Action published 161 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 178. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (10.8%), United States (8%) and South Africa (6.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (2.4 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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