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Journal of Patient Experience is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by SAGE Publications Inc..
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ISSN 2374-3735Verify ISSN ↗2374-3743Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership and Management | 14 / 41 | 67th | Q2 |
| Health (social science) | 142 / 387 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Health Policy | 150 / 330 | 54th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.3.
Journal of Patient Experience is Q2 in Leadership and Management (rank 14 of 41), Q2 in Health (social science) (rank 142 of 387) and Q2 in Health Policy (rank 150 of 330), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Patient Experience 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 3.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 67th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.674, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 29.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,380 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 Patient Experience is published by SAGE Publications Inc. Its print ISSN is 2374-3735 and its online ISSN is 2374-3743.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Patient Experience has an h-index of 44 and a 2-year mean of 1.53 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #12 of 41 Scopus journals in Leadership and Management.
Journal of Patient Experience published 164 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 226. 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 96 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (48.4%), Canada (9%) and United Kingdom (6.8%).
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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