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Medico-Legal Journal

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0025-8172

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

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 ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.237

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.392

Total Worksi

3,766

Total Citationsi

6,400

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 55 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,766

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0025-8172

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

139

2019

956

2020

273

2021

132

2022

130

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)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Medical Malpractice and Liability IssuesAutopsy Techniques and OutcomesLegal case studies and regulationsHuman auditory perception and evaluationEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare

Frequently asked questions about Medico-Legal Journal

Is Medico-Legal Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Medico-Legal Journal: it is indexed in 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 Medico-Legal Journal?

Medico-Legal Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.237.

Is Medico-Legal Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Medico-Legal Journal is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Medico-Legal Journal?