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Ulster Medical Journal

Ulster Medical Society · United Kingdom · Est. 1862

ISSN0041-6193

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ PubMed/MEDLINE56

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total68

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?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

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

0.263

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.485

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

136

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Ulster Medical Journal is an international general medical journal with contributions on all areas of medical and surgical specialties relevant to a general medical readership. It retains a focus on material relevant to the health of the Northern Ireland population.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1862

Frequency3 times a year

StatusActive

Total Publications65

Publisher OrgUlster Medical Society

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PubMed Central

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Ulster Medical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0041-6193

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

PubMed Central

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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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

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)

Enhanced Recovery After SurgeryIrish and British StudiesEmpathy and Medical EducationClinical practice guidelines implementationMicroRNA in disease regulation

Frequently asked questions about Ulster Medical Journal

Is Ulster Medical Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ulster Medical Journal: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 68/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Ulster Medical Journal?

Ulster 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 0.263.

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

Ulster Medical Journal is indexed in Scopus.