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Indian Journal of Public Health is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.3), WoS SCIE/SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications.
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ISSN 0019-557XVerify ISSN ↗2229-7693Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epidemiology | 117 / 173 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 518 / 725 | 28th | Q3 |
| Health Policy | 238 / 330 | 27th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1961–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.3.
Indian Journal of Public Health is Q3 in Epidemiology (rank 117 of 173), Q3 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 518 of 725) and Q3 in Health Policy (rank 238 of 330), by CiteScore 2025.
Indian Journal of Public Health 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 1.3, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 32nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.312, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 40.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$48 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.
Indian Journal of Public Health is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. Its print ISSN is 0019-557X and its online ISSN is 2229-7693.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Indian Journal of Public Health has an h-index of 52 and a 2-year mean of 0.73 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #119 of 171 Scopus journals in Epidemiology.
Indian Journal of Public Health published 157 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 96 research articles (2026), authors are most often from India (84%), China (3.1%) and South Korea (2.1%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.6 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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