Palliative and Supportive Care

Aims & Scope

Palliative & Supportive Care is an international journal of palliative medicine that focuses on the psychiatric, psychosocial, spiritual, existential, ethical, and philosophical aspects of palliative care.

Its aim is to serve as an educational resource for practitioners from a wide array of disciplines engaged in the delivery of care to those with life threatening illnesses along the entire continuum of care from diagnosis to the end of life.

The journal's scope is broad and relates to all aspects of palliative medicine that do not directly or exclusively deal with the administration of palliative care or hospice services, or with the primary management of pain and physical symptoms in palliative care.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.1
2024	1.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.681

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	64

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8385

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	857

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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, Nursing and Psychology, 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.

• Care for the cancer caregiver: A systematic review

  Citation: 263

  Authors: Allison J., William

• Cultural and religious considerations in pediatric palliative care

  Citation: 203

  Authors: Lori, Denice Grady, Lauren, Erica

• Virtual reality as a distraction technique for pain and anxiety among patients with breast cancer: A randomized control trial

  Citation: 202

  Authors: Eslam, Muayyad

• Breathlessness in cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Using a qualitative approach to describe the experience of patients and carers

  Citation: 190

  Authors: SARA, STELLA, CHRISTOPHER

• Cancer family caregivers during the palliative, hospice, and bereavement phases: A review of the descriptive psychosocial literature

  Citation: 169

  Authors: Anna-Leila, Ruth

• Measuring quality of life at the end of life: Validation of the QUAL-E

  Citation: 169

  Authors: KAREN E., ELIZABETH C., HAYDEN B., MAYA, NICHOLAS A., CORRINE I., JAMES A.

• The project ENABLE II randomized controlled trial to improve palliative care for rural patients with advanced cancer: Baseline findings, methodological challenges, and solutions

  Citation: 160

  Authors: Marie, Kathleen Doyle, Mark T., Stefan, Kathleen N., Frances C., Ira R., Jay G., Zhongze, Elizabeth, Janette L., Tim A.

• Randomized clinical trial on cognitive therapy for depression in women with metastatic breast cancer: Psychological and immunological effects

  Citation: 137

  Authors: JOSÉE, SÉBASTIEN, ISABELLE, HANS, CHARLES M., ELIZABETH, PIERRE, JEAN, DANIÈLE

• A systematic review of religious beliefs about major end-of-life issues in the five major world religions

  Citation: 136

  Authors: Rajshekhar, Areej R., Mark R., Karen L, Aric D., Shahrukh K.

• The “good death”: An integrative literature review

  Citation: 134

  Authors: Laura, Wendy

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