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International Journal of COPD is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.6), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Dove Medical Press Ltd.
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ISSN 1176-9106Verify ISSN ↗1178-2005Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Dove Medical Press Ltd
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Policy | 58 / 330 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 136 / 725 | 81st | Q1 |
| Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine | 42 / 165 | 74th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2006–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.6.
International Journal of COPD is Q1 in Health Policy (rank 58 of 330), Q1 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 136 of 725) and Q2 in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (rank 42 of 165), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of COPD is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 5.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 82nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.145, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 102.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,836 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.
International Journal of COPD is published by Dove Medical Press Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1176-9106 and its online ISSN is 1178-2005.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of COPD has an h-index of 112 and a 2-year mean of 3.38 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #44 of 327 Scopus journals in Health Policy.
International Journal of COPD published 323 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 396. 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 92 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (60.3%), United States (6.4%) and Türkiye (3.5%). 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. 6 retracted papers are recorded (1.4 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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