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Harm Reduction Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.8), WoS SSCI, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 1477-7517Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 130 / 725 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | 102 / 466 | 78th | Q1 |
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | 150 / 580 | 74th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.8.
Harm Reduction Journal is Q1 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 130 of 725), Q1 in Medicine (miscellaneous) (rank 102 of 466) and Q2 in Psychiatry and Mental Health (rank 150 of 580), by CiteScore 2025.
Harm Reduction Journal is indexed in the 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 5.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 82nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.513, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 76.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,290 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.
Harm Reduction Journal is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 1477-7517.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Harm Reduction Journal has an h-index of 92 and a 2-year mean of 4.09 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #66 of 710 Scopus journals in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.
Harm Reduction Journal published 222 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 230. 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 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (49.3%), Canada (17.4%) and United Kingdom (6.9%).
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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