Health and Human Rights

Aims & Scope

Health and Human Rights began publication in 1994 under the editorship of Jonathan Mann.

Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health, assumed the editorship in 2007.

Health and Human Rights is an online, open-access publication, supported by the FXB Harvard School of Public Health, and our partners at the Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, as well as our Harvard Health and Human Rights Consortium.

Health and Human Rights provides an inclusive forum for action-oriented dialogue among human rights practitioners.

The journal endeavors to increase access to human rights knowledge in the health field by linking an expanded community of readers and contributors.

Following the lead of a growing number of open access publications, the full text of Health and Human Rights is freely available to anyone with internet access.

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Metrics & Ranking

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7610

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	294

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.735

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	46

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Medline
• PubMed

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Health and Human Rights

  Citation: 198

  Authors: Jonathan M., Lawrence, Sofia, Troyen, Zita, Harvey V.

• What Is a Human-Rights Based Approach to Health and Does It Matter?

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Leslie

• Sexuality, Violence against Women, and Human Rights: Women Make Demands and Ladies Get Protection

  Citation: 96

  Authors: Alice M.

• Dignity and Health: The UDHR's Revolutionary First Article

  Citation: 87

  Authors: Jonathan

• Health Systems and the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Paul, Gunilla

• The Right to Health in International Human Rights Law

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Virginia A.

• Challenging Orthodoxies: The Road Ahead for Health and Human Rights

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Paul

• The Next Plague: Stigmatization and Discrimination Related to Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Australia

  Citation: 55

  Authors: Nick, Robyn

• HIV- and AIDS-Related Stigma, Discrimination, and Human Rights: A Critical Overview

  Citation: 55

  Authors: Miriam, Peter, Richard

• Rights to Sexual and Reproductive Health: The ICPD and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Carmel

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