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PLOS Global Public Health is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.1), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Public Library of Science.
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ISSN 2767-3375Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Public Library of Science
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 239 / 725 | 67th | Q2 |
| Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine | 41 / 122 | 66th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.1.
PLOS Global Public Health is Q2 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 239 of 725) and Q2 in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (rank 41 of 122), by CiteScore 2025.
PLOS Global Public Health 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 4.1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 67th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.991, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 35.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,496 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.
PLOS Global Public Health is published by Public Library of Science. Its ISSN is 2767-3375.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
PLOS Global Public Health has an h-index of 52 and a 2-year mean of 3.19 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #117 of 710 Scopus journals in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.
PLOS Global Public Health published 1,137 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 (22.2%), United Kingdom (11.3%) and Uganda (7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (1.2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 2 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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