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Health and Social Care Chaplaincy

Identifier (ISSN):2051-5553(Print)/2051-5561(Online)
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Publisher:Equinox Publishing Ltd
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Not Indexed in Latest JCR
Clarivate Impact Factor (IF 2024)
N/A
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q1
WoS SCIEJCR Quartile
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓

Impact Factor Trend

Clarivate IF trend for Health and Social Care Chaplaincy

WoS Q1
000002023
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2023):0
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
0.47
#12,549

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
12

12 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ1
Self-Citation RateN/A
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessSubscription
0articles/year
0% Gold OA•0% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Health and Social Care Chaplaincy is a peer-reviewed, international journal that assists health and social care chaplains to explore the art and science of spiritual care within a variety of contexts. The journal was founded in 2013 through the merger of the Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy (issn:1748-801X) and the Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy (issn:1463-9920) . It continues to be the official journal of the College of Health Care Chaplains and members of the society receive the journal as part of their annual membership. For more details on membership subscriptions, please click on the 'members' button at the top of this page. Back issues of both previous journals are being loaded onto this website (see Archives) and online access to these back issues is included in all institutional subscriptions. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy is a multidisciplinary forum for the discussion of a range of issues related to the delivery of spiritual care across various settings: acute, paediatric, mental health, palliative care and community. It encourages a creative collaboration and interface between health and social care practitioners in the UK and internationally and consolidates different traditions of discourse and communication research in its commitment to an understanding of psychosocial, cultural and ethical aspects of healthcare in contemporary societies. It is responsive to both ecumenical and interfaith agendas as well as those from a humanist perspective.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Medicine71%Psychology59.9%Sociology59.2%Political science48%Philosophy46.7%Law45.8%Nursing40.5%Pathology36.3%Economics33.6%Alternative medicine32.7%Spirituality32.2%Theology31.6%Spiritual care27.6%Computer science25.9%Economic growth25.6%Health care24.2%Epistemology20.4%

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR

No WoS category details available for this journal.

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

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12 year
2026Latest
IF—
Articles / Year4
Total Citations0
2025
IF—
Articles / Year31
Total Citations42
2024
IF—
Articles / Year18
Total Citations70
2023
IF0
Articles / Year17
Total Citations15
2022
IF—
Articles / Year22
Total Citations38

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #12,549Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2017-2025
Scopus Broad Areas:Arts and HumanitiesPsychologySocial Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
0.47

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
1.96

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$2,774 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations58
3-Year Documents39
Citable Documents35

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate60.0%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Religious StudiesQ1
Health (social science)Q2
Social PsychologyQ3
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: N/A

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
Updating
Minor Category (Specific Field):
Updating
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

Health and Social Care Chaplaincy (ISSN: 2051-5553) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Arts and Humanities, published by Equinox Publishing Ltd in United Kingdom. The periodical holds tracked under Web of Science (SCIE) in quartile Q1, a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.470 (Q1), an H-index of 12.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 0 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Subscription model with an estimated APC of $2,774 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Subscription
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
ScopusPubMed

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Database Updated: 2026-09-30