Health Science Reports
ISSN 2398-8835 · Wiley · United States · active 2017–2026
Metrics
- Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q2
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 2.6
- SJR
- 0.677
- h-index
- 46
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.
Data as of 8 November 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Health Science Reports is Q2 in Medicine (miscellaneous) (#962 of 2,517 journals).
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | Q2 | #962 of 2,517 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 2.90
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 1,296
The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).
Health Science Reports is Q2 in Medicine (miscellaneous) (2025 edition, #962 of 2,517 journals), with SJR 0.677 (Scimago) and an h-index of 46 (OpenAlex). Listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.
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Responding time
- Submission to acceptance
- 181 days (median)Estimated from our library (39 papers)
- Acceptance to publication
- 9 days (median)Estimated from our library (20 papers)
- Submission to publication
- 180 days (median)Estimated from our library (20 papers)
Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.
Indexing & access
- Indexed in
- DOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- Access status:
- gold. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
- Article processing charge
- Article processing charge (APC): $3,440 per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available.
Scope
Frequently asked
Is Health Science Reports a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Health Science Reports. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is Health Science Reports indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Health Science Reports appears in: DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of Health Science Reports?
Papers in Health Science Reports are cited about 2.6 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q2, with an h-index of 46. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
What Scimago quartile is Health Science Reports (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Health Science Reports is Q2 in Medicine (miscellaneous) (#962 of 2,517 journals). Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Health Science Reports is cited about 2.6 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 46.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Health Science Reports?
The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Health Science Reports. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q2, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.
Is Health Science Reports open access?
Our index records its access status as "gold". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.
What is the article processing charge (APC) to publish in Health Science Reports?
Article processing charge (APC): $3,440 per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available. The exact charge can vary by article type and any fee waiver, so confirm the current amount on the journal's own site.
How long does Health Science Reports take to publish a paper?
Submission to acceptance for Health Science Reports takes about 181 days (median) — Estimated from our library (n=39 papers). Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Health Science Reports.
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