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Health Security

Health Security is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.5), WoS SSCI. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 2326-5094Verify ISSN ↗2326-5108Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Scopus · Q2WoS · SSCI

2.5

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

rank 40 of 111 · 64th pctile

Indexed in

major indexes

Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

2015–present

Source type

Journal

Open access

CiteScore

2.5

SJR · SCImago

0.420

Q2 SJR quartile

H-index

Best quartile

Q2 · 64th pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Emergency Medicine	40 / 111	64th	Q2
Health (social science)	189 / 387	51st	Q2
Safety Research	53 / 108	50th	Q2
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	393 / 725	45th	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	251 / 432	42nd	Q3
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis	107 / 151	29th	Q3

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Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)

Collections

SSCI

Quick answers

Is Health Security indexed in Scopus?

Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.5.

What quartile is Health Security in Scopus?

Health Security is Q2 in Emergency Medicine (rank 40 of 111), Q2 in Health (social science) (rank 189 of 387) and Q2 in Safety Research (rank 53 of 108), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.

What is the impact factor of Health Security?

Health Security 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 2.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 64th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.420, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 53.

Who publishes Health Security and what is its ISSN?

Health Security is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2326-5094 and its online ISSN is 2326-5108.

Is Health Security in Web of Science?

Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.

Is Health Security open access?

No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

How well cited is Health Security? — open metrics via OpenAlex

Health Security has an h-index of 44 and a 2-year mean of 1.22 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #40 of 109 Scopus journals in Emergency Medicine.

h-index

1.22

2-yr mean citations

271

i10-index

848

works indexed

9,300

total citations

2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject

#40 of 109 Top 37% Emergency Medicine

#194 of 378 Bottom 49% Health (social science)

#65 of 106 Bottom 39% Safety Research

Papers published per year

Health Security published 52 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 109. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Viral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchDisaster Response and ManagementBacillus and Francisella bacterial researchPublic Health Policies and Education

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.

Who publishes in Health Security? — latest 90 articles, 2024–2026

In its latest 90 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (48.3%), United Kingdom (6.1%) and India (5.2%).

Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.

Are there integrity warnings for Health Security? — indicators, not proof of misconduct

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.

Scopus statusActive
Retracted papers None recorded
Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged

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.

Official sources & links

Journal website ↗ Scopus source ↗ Web of Science ↗ ISSN Portal · 2326-5094 ↗ISSN Portal · 2326-5108 ↗

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