Patient education and counseling.

ISSN 0738-3991Elsevier Ireland LtdIreland
ScopusMEDLINEEmbasePubMedPMCSCImagoJIFMatched via identifier

Journal overview

Journal identity
Titles
Patient Education and Counseling
Patient Educ. Couns. (abbreviated)
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
Patient education and counseling.
Patient Educ Couns (abbreviated)
Key identifiers
ISSN
0738-3991
0738-3991
eISSN
1873-5134
NLM ID
8406280
Publisher / basic metadata
Publisher
Elsevier Ireland Ltd
Princeton, N.J. : Excerpta Medica, c1983-
Country
Language
English
ENG

Indexing & coverage

Current indexing summary
Scopus
Currently indexed

Scopus's Sources record lists this journal as active.

Indexing history
Coverage
1983–2026
Indexing services (MEDLINE, Embase)
MEDLINECurrently indexedEmbaseListed

Embase's Active journals record lists this journal as active.

Bibliographic inclusion (PubMed)
PubMedIncluded
Full-text availability (PMC — not an indexing service)
PMCNot found in this source

Metrics

MetricYearValueQuartileRankSource
JIF20253.1Q14632JCR Impact Factor List 2025 — supplied dataset
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) — 2025

Source: SCImago Journal & Country Rank — 2025 dataset. SJR is a metric published by SCImago, presented here as reported.

SJR
1.19
Best Quartile
Q1
H-index
175
Subject categories
  • Medicine (miscellaneous) — Q1
More metrics
Coverage
1983–2026
Country
Ireland
Region
Western Europe
Publisher
Elsevier Ireland Ltd
Open Access
No
Open Access (Diamond)
No
Total documents (current year)
379
Total documents (3 years)
1055
Total references
17745
Total citations (3 years)
4048
Citable documents (3 years)
961
Citations per document (2 years)
3.47
References per document
46.82
Source details
Match confidence
Confirmed — two independent ISSNs agree
Matched via ISSN(s)
1873-5134, 0738-3991
SCImago Source ID
22460
SCImago Rank (across all SCImago source types)
3690

Publication activity

Publication activity
SCImago
2025
379 observed publications
Latest publication activity observed
2025
Current-year activity
Recent publication activity observed

Evidence sources: SCImago. SCImago's count is a source-reported aggregate figure; Crossref/OpenAlex/PubMed counts are distinct article records JCF Labs observed via each provider's own free API — none is guaranteed to be that journal's complete output for the year, and providers may disagree (this is expected, not an error). See this journal's own source evidence above for full context.

Subjects & categories

Subjects / categories
Subject area (SCImago)
MeSH (PubMed)
Counseling; Patient Education as Topic
Coverage / history
Scopus:1983-2026
MEDLINE:MEDLINE: v15n1,Feb. 1990-; PubMed: v5n1,Feb. 1990-; International nursing index: v15n1,Feb. 1990-v39n1, Jan. 2000Selectively Indexed in: Hospital literature indexv5n1, 1983-v14n3, Dec. 1989.
PubMed:MEDLINE: v15n1,Feb. 1990-; PubMed: v5n1,Feb. 1990-; International nursing index: v15n1,Feb. 1990-v39n1, Jan. 2000Selectively Indexed in: Hospital literature indexv5n1, 1983-v14n3, Dec. 1989.