About the journal
Patient Education and Counseling is a journal published by Elsevier BV in United States. It is listed in MEDLINE and PUBMED according to the sources read. Declared publication charge: 3,220 USD. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- ISSN
- 1873-5134 · 0738-3991
- Country
- United States
- Access
- Not open access / not declared
- Declared publication charge
- 3,220 USD
- Declared peer-review model
- peer_review
Index listings
- MEDLINE · 1990-01-01
- PUBMED · 1993-12-31
- Indexing
- MEDLINE · PUBMED
- APC
- 3,220 USD
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- —
- Actual review time (measured)
- 181 days received→accepted — computed from PubMed (n=99)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
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Works in OpenAlex
10929
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
217
i10-index
5642
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Editorial & policy4
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2027
- Level 2 — top tier (~20% of the field's channels)
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 73%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 40%
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
Identity & continuity3
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 8406280
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Subject areas
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Cancer survivorship and care
Show all subjects (50)
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
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