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Annals of Saudi Medicine

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre · Saudi Arabia

ISSN0256-4947eISSN0975-4466

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q3+12

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total62

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.423

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.827

Total Works

5,376

Total Citations

55,530

2yr Mean Citedness

1.45

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Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine. Topics: medical specialties, surgery, gynecology, obstetrics, pediatrics

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Fast · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionSaudi Arabia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 46 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications5,376

Publisher OrgKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~8 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

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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9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0256-4947 / 0975-4466

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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?

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

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentHemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersHepatitis B Virus StudiesGastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsHepatitis C virus research