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International Journal of Health Governance is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.3), ABS / AJG 1, WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Emerald Publishing.
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ISSN 2059-4631Verify ISSN ↗2059-464XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paleontology | 17 / 121 | 86th | Q1 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 229 / 725 | 68th | Q2 |
| Health Policy | 105 / 330 | 68th | Q2 |
| Strategy and Management | 232 / 506 | 54th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.3.
International Journal of Health Governance is Q1 in Paleontology (rank 17 of 121), Q2 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 229 of 725) and Q2 in Health Policy (rank 105 of 330), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Health Governance is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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 4.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 86th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.335, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 34.
International Journal of Health Governance is published by Emerald Publishing. Its print ISSN is 2059-4631 and its online ISSN is 2059-464X.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Public Sector and Health Care field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Health Governance has an h-index of 20 and a 2-year mean of 1.74 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #30 of 113 Scopus journals in Paleontology.
International Journal of Health Governance published 38 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 40. 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 84 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from India (8.3%), United Kingdom (7.6%) and Australia (6.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (2.7 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.
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