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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 Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ PubMed/MEDLINE56

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total74

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Scorei

0.312

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.305

Total Worksi

465

Total Citationsi

3,152

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

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, PubMed

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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

Citations received

616

2019

838

2020

273

2021

289

2022

104

2023

2024

2025

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)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

Frequently asked questions about Ghana Medical Journal

Is Ghana Medical Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ghana Medical Journal: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 74/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Ghana Medical Journal?

Ghana Medical Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.312.

Is Ghana Medical Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ghana Medical Journal is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Ghana Medical Journal?