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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 3.6
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 4.0
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.496
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.083

    Speed 2024
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 10
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 155

    Usage 2024
    Downloads: 2,812,663
    Altmetric mentions: 1,064

Read our Blogs

Journal Highlight: Reproductive Health and SDG3

We discuss how Reproductive Health is helping to address SDG3 and its targets.

Meet the SDG3 Researcher: Bright Ahinkorah

Meet Editor-in-Chief Bright Ahinkorah as he discusses his research and efforts to achieve the SDGs.

World Health Day 2025: Q&A with Hamdia Ahmed

Prof Hamdia Ahmed, REPH Associate Editor, discusses nursing and midwifery for World Health Day 2025.

World Health Day 2025: Q&A with Andrew Williams

Prof Andrew Williams, REPH Associate Editor, discusses reducing inequalities in maternal and child health for World Health Day 2025.

Engaging with African feminist interpretations of the Maternal

Read the blog by Ogochukwu Udenigwe on interpretations of motherhood and its relationship with patriarchal culture among African feminists.

Reaction to the 2024 Alabama Supreme Court ruling on IVF

Read the blog by Gwendolyn P. Quinn & Laura Kimberly on the Alabama Supreme Court ruling on IVF and what it means for women with cancer.