Indian Journal of Community Health

Aims & Scope

Indian Journal of Community Health (IJCH) with ISSN PRINT: 0971-7587; ISSN ONLINE: 2248-9509, is an official national publication of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (IAPSM).

It is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal with both online and print version.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3
2024	0.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.163

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	15

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	23566

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	98

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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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, 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.

• Modified BG Prasad Socio-economic Classification, Update - 2019

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Vivek Kumar, Pradeep, Rakesh

• Modified BG Prasad Socio-economic Classification, Updated – 2020

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Dhrubajyoti, Rakesh

• Modified BG Prasads Socio-economic Classification-2018: The need of an update in the present scenario

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Vivek Kumar, Pradeep, Rakesh

• COVID -19- Infodemic overtaking Pandemic? Time to disseminate facts over fear

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Praveen, Sudhir, Sunil, Balaji

• India steps ahead to curb anemia: Anemia Mukt Bharat

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Vikas, Durgesh Prasad, Swayam Pragyan

• Prevalence & determinants of Internet Addiction among Indian adolescents

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Sakthivel, Najam, Mohammad Athar, Nafis

• Prevalence of Anxiety, Stress, Depression among Malaysian Adults during COVID-19 Pandemic Movement Control Order

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Asma, Hazalizah, Azizah, Fatanah

• Expenditure pattern on diabetes care: A Community based longitudinal study in resettlement colony of East Delhi

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Archana, Tapas Kumar, Manish Kumar

• Assessment of undernutrition among children below 5, using Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF)

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Garima, Arun Kumar, Tarun Shankar

• Psycho-social health problems: Prevalence and associated factors among students of professional colleges in Jammu

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Rashmi, Bhavna, Sonia, Rajiv Kumar, Sunil Kumar, Parveen

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