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International Journal of Health Geographics is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.8), WoS SCIE/SSCI, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 1476-072XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 187 / 725 | 74th | Q2 |
| Computer Science (all) | 85 / 241 | 64th | Q2 |
| Business, Management and Accounting (all) | 87 / 235 | 63rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2002–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.8.
International Journal of Health Geographics is Q2 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 187 of 725), Q2 in Computer Science (all) (rank 85 of 241) and Q2 in Business, Management and Accounting (all) (rank 87 of 235), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Health Geographics 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 4.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 74th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.952, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 99.
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.
International Journal of Health Geographics is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 1476-072X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Health Geographics has an h-index of 118 and a 2-year mean of 3.19 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #117 of 710 Scopus journals in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.
International Journal of Health Geographics published 57 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 58. 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 100 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (21.9%), United States (13.5%) and Taiwan (6%).
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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