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American Journal of Medicine

Elsevier Inc. · United States

ISSN0002-9343eISSN1555-7162

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.124

H-Indexi

384

SNIPi

1.044

Total Worksi

34,831

Total Citationsi

1,473,929

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas (NLM/MEDLINE-assigned): Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencySemimonthly, 2004-

StatusActive

Total Publications34,831

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0002-9343 / 1555-7162

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

559

11k

2019

616

2020

502

5.3k

2021

435

3.5k

2022

402

3.1k

2023

451

1.5k

2024

487

761

2025

371

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementBlood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

Frequently asked questions about American Journal of Medicine

Is American Journal of Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for American Journal of Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of American Journal of Medicine?

American Journal of Medicine is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.48.

Is American Journal of Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Journal of Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of American Journal of Medicine?