JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION Impact factor 2025

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The latest impact factor of JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION and all the other Web of Science journals was released on 20th June 2025 by Clarivate. Through this web page, researchers can check the impact factor, total citation, journal quartile, and journal aim & scope.

JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION: Aim & Scope

JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION is a Web of Science indexed journal tha publishes research in the area: Communication | Information Science & Library Science.
The ISSN of this journal is 10870415.

Impact factor of JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION

Journal Title	Journal of Health Communication
Impact Factor	3.1
SJR	1.064
ISSN	10870415
Quartile	Q1

Impact Factor from year 2018-2024

Year	Impact Factor
2018	1.648
2019	1.773
2020	1.596
2021	2.781
2022
2025	3.1

The Journal Impact Factor is defined as citations to the journal in the JCR year to items published in the previous two years, divided by the total number of scholarly items, also known as citable items, (these comprise articles and reviews) published in the journal in the previous two years.

Impact factor data has a strong influence on the scientific community, affecting decisions on where to publish, whom to promote or hire, the success of grant applications, and even salary bonuses.

Only journals listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) receive an Impact Factor.

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