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Portuguese Journal of Public Health is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by S. Karger AG.
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ISSN 2504-3137Verify ISSN ↗2504-3145Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: S. Karger AG
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 491 / 725 | 32nd | Q3 |
| Health Policy | 230 / 330 | 30th | 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 Q3, CiteScore 1.5.
Portuguese Journal of Public Health is Q3 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 491 of 725) and Q3 in Health Policy (rank 230 of 330), by CiteScore 2025.
Portuguese Journal of 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 1.5, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 32nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.266, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 17.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$269 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.
Portuguese Journal of Public Health is published by S. Karger AG. Its print ISSN is 2504-3137 and its online ISSN is 2504-3145.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Portuguese Journal of Public Health has an h-index of 16 and a 2-year mean of 1.57 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.5, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #327 of 710 Scopus journals in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.
Portuguese Journal of Public Health published 27 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 36. 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 94 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Portugal (70.3%), Brazil (6.4%) and Spain (3.7%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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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