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North Carolina Medical Journal

North Carolina Medical Society · United States

ISSN0029-2559

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

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

0.219

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.161

Total Worksi

2,747

Total Citationsi

11,895

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 97 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,747

Publisher OrgNorth Carolina Medical Society Foundation's Community Practitioner Program

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

North Carolina Medical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0029-2559

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, PubMed

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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

651

2019

106

498

2020

107

283

2021

113

165

2022

111

509

2023

108

134

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)

Healthcare Policy and ManagementPrimary Care and Health OutcomesGlobal Health Workforce IssuesPublic Health Policies and EducationFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations

Frequently asked questions about North Carolina Medical Journal

Is North Carolina Medical Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for North Carolina Medical 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 North Carolina Medical Journal?

North Carolina 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 0.219.

Is North Carolina Medical Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

North Carolina Medical Journal is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of North Carolina Medical Journal?