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Iranian Journal of Public Health is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3), WoS SCIE/SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
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ISSN 2251-6085Verify ISSN ↗2251-6093Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 338 / 725 | 53rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–present (also 1987, 1973–1980), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.
Iranian Journal of Public Health is Q2 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 338 of 725), by CiteScore 2025.
Iranian 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 3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 53rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.554, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 65.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$300 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.
Iranian Journal of Public Health is published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Its print ISSN is 2251-6085 and its online ISSN is 2251-6093.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Iranian Journal of Public Health has an h-index of 36 and a 2-year mean of 1.17 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #415 of 710 Scopus journals in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.
Iranian Journal of Public Health published 275 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 601. 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Iran (30.6%), China (19.2%) and South Korea (14.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.8 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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