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Journal of Health Literacy is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.
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ISSN 2476-4728Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health (social science) | 230 / 387 | 40th | Q3 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 471 / 725 | 35th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.8.
Journal of Health Literacy is Q3 in Health (social science) (rank 230 of 387) and Q3 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 471 of 725), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Health Literacy 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 1.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 40th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.283, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 13.
Journal of Health Literacy is published by Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Its ISSN is 2476-4728.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Health Literacy has an h-index of 9 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #358 of 378 Scopus journals in Health (social science).
Journal of Health Literacy published 11 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 21. 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.
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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