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Public Health in Practice is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2666-5352Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 301 / 725 | 58th | Q2 |
| Health Policy | 140 / 330 | 57th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.5.
Public Health in Practice is Q2 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 301 of 725) and Q2 in Health Policy (rank 140 of 330), by CiteScore 2025.
Public Health in Practice 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 3.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 58th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.678, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 23.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,060 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.
Public Health in Practice is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2666-5352.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Public Health in Practice has an h-index of 35 and a 2-year mean of 2.32 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #209 of 710 Scopus journals in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.
Public Health in Practice published 137 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 148. 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 92 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (24.7%), United States (13.4%) and Japan (4.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (1.2 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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