The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

ISSN 2666-6065 · Elsevier BV · United Kingdom · active 2020–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile (2025)
Q1
Cites per paper (2y)
4.1
SJR
2.77
h-index
67

“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 25 October 2026 (venue index build).

Scimago Journal Rank 2025

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific is Q1 in all 8 of its subject categories.

Scimago 2025 quartile and rank of The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific in each subject category
Subject categoryQuartileRank in category
Obstetrics and GynecologyQ1#4 of 220
Geriatrics and GerontologyQ1#6 of 126
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ1#6 of 350
Health PolicyQ1#8 of 334
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1#12 of 728
Internal MedicineQ1#15 of 181
Infectious DiseasesQ1#16 of 369
Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1#20 of 605
Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
6.95
Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
305

OpenAlex counts about 4.1 citations per paper over two years; Scopus, through Scimago, counts 6.95 per document. The two databases index different journals, documents and citations, so the figures differ. Neither is a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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).

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific is Q1 in all 8 of its Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Obstetrics and Gynecology: Q1, #4 of 220), with SJR 2.77 (Scimago) and an h-index of 67 (OpenAlex). Listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.

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Responding time

Submission to publication
~20 wk
DOAJ self-reported

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): $5,010 per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available.

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Scope

sars-cov-2covid-19infectiousdiseasesepidemiologicalmodelingsimulationclimatechangehealthimpactstoxicology

Frequently asked

Is The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 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 The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific 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 The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific?

Papers in The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific are cited about 4.1 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 67. 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 The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific is Q1 in all 8 of its subject categories. By category: Obstetrics and Gynecology: Q1, #4 of 220; Geriatrics and Gerontology: Q1, #6 of 126; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: Q1, #6 of 350; Health Policy: Q1, #8 of 334; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: Q1, #12 of 728; Internal Medicine: Q1, #15 of 181; Infectious Diseases: Q1, #16 of 369; Psychiatry and Mental Health: Q1, #20 of 605. 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; The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific is cited about 4.1 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 67.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific?

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 The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q1, 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 The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific 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 The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific?

Article processing charge (APC): $5,010 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 The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific take to publish a paper?

Submission to publication for The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific takes about ~20 wk — DOAJ self-reported. 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 The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific.

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