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Ghana Medical Journal

Ghana Medical Association · Ghana

ISSN0016-9560eISSN2616-163X

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q3+12

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total37

Journal Impact Factor

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SJR Score

0.26

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.305

Total Works

465

Total Citations

3,152

2yr Mean Citedness

0.69

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Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine. Topics: medicine, health care, medical sciences, therapeutic drug, clinical characteristics

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionGhana

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequencyquarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications465

Publisher OrgAfrican Journals OnLine

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~20 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Ghana Medical Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0016-9560 / 2616-163X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Maternal and Child HealthCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthVaccine Coverage and HesitancyCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies