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Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Springer International Publishing AG.
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ISSN 2509-8020Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Informatics | 76 / 168 | 55th | Q2 |
| Health Information Management | 33 / 64 | 49th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.5.
Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes is Q2 in Health Informatics (rank 76 of 168) and Q3 in Health Information Management (rank 33 of 64), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes 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 4.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 55th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.915, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 43.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,990 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-Reported Outcomes is published by Springer International Publishing AG. Its ISSN is 2509-8020.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes has an h-index of 54 and a 2-year mean of 2.26 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #90 of 151 Scopus journals in Health Informatics.
Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes published 157 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 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (28%), United Kingdom (10.1%) and Germany (5.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.7 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.
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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