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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 of original research, theoretical articles, and methodological reports related to the field of health related quality of life (HRQL), in all the health sciences. The journal’s focus is on the HRQL aspects of treatment, care, and rehabilitation (e.g., illness/health related, health care, at-risk of disease, population health), reflecting the wide application of HRQL assessment and research in the biological and social sciences. The journal also offers editorials, correspondence, registered reports, and conference abstracts.
Quality of life has become a prominent issue in philosophy, social science, clinical medicine, health services and outcomes research. The journal's scope reflects the application of subjectively reported health related quality of life assessment as relates to conditions and treatment. All original work is subject to peer review for originality, scientific quality, and relevance to a broad readership.”

Co-Editors-in-Chief
  • Brittany Lapin MPH, PhD
  • Jessica Roydhouse PhD

Journal metrics

Journal Impact Factor
2.7 (2024)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
4.1 (2024)
Submission to first decision (median)
7 days
Downloads
2.2M (2025)

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Journal updates

  • Call for SOCIAL MEDIA Associate Editor

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    Are you interested in communicating scientific research?

    The journal Quality of Life Research is seeking to recruit an Associate Editor (Social Media)!

  • 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. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  10. Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
  11. Dimensions
  12. EBSCO
  13. EMBASE
  14. EMCare
  15. FNEGE
  16. Google Scholar
  17. JSTOR
  18. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  19. Medline
  20. Naver
  21. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  22. Ovid Discovery
  23. Portico
  24. ProQuest
  25. PsycINFO
  26. Psyndex
  27. Reaxys
  28. SCImago
  29. SCOPUS
  30. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  31. Semantic Scholar
  32. Social Science Citation Index
  33. TD Net Discovery Service
  34. Wanfang
  35. eLibrary.ru
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