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2002–2010 (also 1996–2000, 1994, 1992)
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Journal
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Quality and Safety in Health Care
Quality and Safety in Health Care is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by BMJ Publishing Group.
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ISSN 1475-3898Verify ISSN ↗1475-3901Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Quality and Safety in Health Care indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2002–2010 (also 1996–2000, 1994, 1992)).
What is the impact factor of Quality and Safety in Health Care?
Quality and Safety in Health Care has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Quality and Safety in Health Care and what is its ISSN?
Quality and Safety in Health Care is published by BMJ Publishing Group. Its print ISSN is 1475-3898 and its online ISSN is 1475-3901.
Is Quality and Safety in Health Care in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Quality and Safety in Health Care open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Quality and Safety in Health Care for 16 years, between 1992 and 2010, with 3 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2010, 16 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
How well cited is Quality and Safety in Health Care? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Quality and Safety in Health Care has an h-index of 222 and a 2-year mean of 4.76 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
222
h-index
4.76
2-yr mean citations
2,980
i10-index
4,895
works indexed
262,149
total citations
Quality and Safety in Health Care published 121 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 169. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in Quality and Safety in Health Care? — latest 96 articles, 2025–2026
In its latest 96 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (34.1%), United Kingdom (19.4%) and Canada (11.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Quality and Safety in Health Care? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2010. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2010
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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.
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