Journal metric profile

JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 2.400 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 3.100 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 46/227 Recorded category rank

JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.400, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 46 out of 227 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 5,852 total citations, 63 total articles, 63 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 3.100, which is 0.700 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 2.200. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.100.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 9.3 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6.6 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION is identified in this record by print ISSN 1081-0730 and electronic ISSN 1087-0415. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameJOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION
Abbreviated journalJ HEALTH COMMUN
PublisherTAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank6,685
ISSN1081-0730
eISSN1087-0415
Total cites5,852
Total articles63
Citable items63
Cited half-life9.3 years
Citing half-life6.6 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.400
5-Year Impact Factor3.100
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.200
Journal Citation Indicator1.100
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank46/227
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION is 2.400 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION?

JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION?

JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION is listed as being published by TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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