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Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.6), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 1606-0997Verify ISSN ↗2072-1315Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 290 / 725 | 60th | Q2 |
| Food Science | 192 / 420 | 54th | Q2 |
| Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis | 92 / 151 | 39th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2000–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.6.
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition is Q2 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 290 of 725), Q2 in Food Science (rank 192 of 420) and Q3 in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (rank 92 of 151), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 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 3.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 60th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.923, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 84.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,790 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.
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1606-0997 and its online ISSN is 2072-1315.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition has an h-index of 84 and a 2-year mean of 4.01 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #71 of 710 Scopus journals in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition published 474 papers in 2025. 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (27.8%), Iran (15.3%) and Ethiopia (6.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 8 retracted papers are recorded (4.4 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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