Health Education Research

Aims & Scope

Publishing original, refereed papers, Health Education Research deals with all the vital issues involved in health education and promotion worldwide - providing a valuable link between the health education research and practice communities.

Health Education Research gives highest priority to original research focused on health education and promotion research, particularly intervention studies with solid research designs.

The journal welcomes rigorous qualitative studies or those that concentrate on hard-to-reach populations.

Because of the high number of submissions, cross sectional studies, instrument development, psychometric studies, and pilot data are assigned lower priority.

Medical or professional health education studies are not within the scope of the journal’s themes unless they are directly related to the broad area of changing health behaviors and the conditions that influence health.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2
2024	2.10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6353

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	385

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.836

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	121

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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
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

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

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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.

• Understanding participation in sport and physical activity among children and adults: a review of qualitative studies

  Citation: 743

  Authors: S., G., C.

• Planning for the sustainability of community-based health programs: conceptual frameworks and future directions for research, practice and policy

  Citation: 742

  Authors: M. C., L. R.

• Understanding tailoring in communicating about health

  Citation: 717

  Authors: R. P., M., K., M., A.

• The development of self-efficacy scales for healthrelated diet and exercise behaviors

  Citation: 592

  Authors: James F., Robin B., Robin M., Thomas L., Philip R.

• Self-efficacy: the third factor besides attitude and subjective norm as a predictor of behavioural intentions

  Citation: 582

  Authors: Hein, Margo, Piet

• Indicators of socioeconomic status for adolescents: the WHO Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey

  Citation: 527

  Authors: Candace E., Rob A., Joanna, Stephen

• A meta-analysis of studies of the Health Belief Model with adults

  Citation: 515

  Authors: Joel A., Patricia D., Lawrence W.

• What are the most effective intervention techniques for changing physical activity self-efficacy and physical activity behaviour--and are they the same?

  Citation: 504

  Authors: S. L., D. P.

• Health Behavior Theory and cumulative knowledge regarding health behaviors: are we moving in the right direction?

  Citation: 502

  Authors: Seth M., Rick S.

• Validating the theoretical structure of the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire (TSRQ) across three different health behaviors

  Citation: 500

  Authors: C. S., G. C., D., M. A., B., P. J.

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