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Global Health Research and Policy is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by KeAi Communications Co..
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ISSN 2397-0642Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health (social science) | 16 / 387 | 95th | Q1 |
| Health Policy | 18 / 330 | 94th | Q1 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 47 / 725 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Epidemiology | 18 / 173 | 89th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.4.
Global Health Research and Policy is Q1 in Health (social science) (rank 16 of 387), Q1 in Health Policy (rank 18 of 330) and Q1 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 47 of 725), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Global Health Research and Policy is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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 8.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 95th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.551, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 40.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,890 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 Research and Policy is published by KeAi Communications Co. Its ISSN is 2397-0642.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Global Health Research and Policy has an h-index of 52 and a 2-year mean of 6.11 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #8 of 378 Scopus journals in Health (social science).
Global Health Research and Policy published 69 papers in 2025. 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 (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (40%), United States (8.7%) and United Kingdom (5.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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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