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Quality of Life Research

An International Journal of Quality of Life Aspects of Treatment, Care and Rehabilitation - An Official Journal of the International Society of Quality of Life Research

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Overview

Quality of Life Research is an international, multidisciplinary journal devoted to the rapid communication of original research, theoretical articles and methodological reports related to the field of quality of life, in all the health sciences. The journal also offers editorials, literature, book and software reviews, correspondence and abstracts of conferences.

Quality of life has become a prominent issue in biometry, philosophy, social science, clinical medicine, health services and outcomes research. The journal's scope reflects the wide application of quality of life assessment and research in the biological and social sciences. All original work is subject to peer review for originality, scientific quality and relevance to a broad readership.

This is an official journal of the International Society of Quality of Life Research.

Co-Editors-in-Chief
  • Jan R. Boehnke,
  • Brittany Lapin
Impact factor
3.5 (2022)
5 year impact factor
4.4 (2022)
Submission to first decision (median)
16 days
Downloads
1,440,275 (2023)

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Journal updates

  • ISOQOL

    The International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) is a global community of researchers, clinicians, health care professionals, industry professionals, consultants, and patient research partners advancing health related quality of life research (HRQL).


    Together, we are creating a future in which patient perspective is integral to health research, care and policy.

  • Registered Reports

    Registered Reports are a publication format in which the research question and the quality of methodology are peer-reviewed before the data are collected and analysed. Registered Reports are intended to strengthen the methodology and transparency of research papers. The editors are pleased to offer this article type for authors submitting to Quality of Life Research.

Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1573-2649
Print ISSN
0962-9343
Abstracted and indexed in
  1. ANVUR
  2. Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List
  3. BFI List
  4. Baidu
  5. CAB Abstracts
  6. CLOCKSS
  7. CNKI
  8. CNPIEC
  9. Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
  10. Dimensions
  11. EBSCO
  12. EMBASE
  13. EMCare
  14. FNEGE
  15. Google Scholar
  16. JSTOR
  17. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  18. Medline
  19. Naver
  20. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  21. Portico
  22. ProQuest
  23. PsycINFO
  24. Psyndex
  25. Reaxys
  26. SCImago
  27. SCOPUS
  28. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  29. Semantic Scholar
  30. Social Science Citation Index
  31. TD Net Discovery Service
  32. UGC-CARE List (India)
  33. Wanfang
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