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Research Involvement and Engagement is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (all) | 90 / 669 | 86th | Q1 |
| Health (social science) | 62 / 387 | 84th | Q1 |
| Health Professions (all) | 5 / 23 | 80th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.3.
Research Involvement and Engagement is Q1 in Medicine (all) (rank 90 of 669), Q1 in Health (social science) (rank 62 of 387) and Q1 in Health Professions (all) (rank 5 of 23), by CiteScore 2025.
Research Involvement and Engagement 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 5.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 86th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.060, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 51.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,590 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.
Research Involvement and Engagement is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 2056-7529.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Research Involvement and Engagement has an h-index of 67 and a 2-year mean of 3.55 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #65 of 646 Scopus journals in Medicine (all).
Research Involvement and Engagement published 158 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 Kingdom (42%), Canada (15.2%) and United States (8.8%).
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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