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Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Routledge · United States

ISSN0276-3869
SJR Q2Scopus / 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.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.364
H-Indexi
42
SNIPi
0.622
Total Worksi
2,006
Total Citationsi
14,333
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.68
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Library and Information Sciences; Health Informatics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary Language
1st Year Published
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive
Total Publications2,006
Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis
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

5/11 · 45%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Routledge
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0276-3869
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
51
940
2019
44
2.1k
2020
47
397
2021
41
194
2022
40
119
2023
39
61
2024
40
18
2025
21
2
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.

Library and Information SciencesQ2
Health InformaticsQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Library and Information SciencesHealth Informatics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health Sciences Research and EducationWeb and Library ServicesLibrary Science and Information LiteracyInnovations in Medical EducationHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Is Medical Reference Services Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Medical Reference Services Quarterly: 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 Medical Reference Services Quarterly?

Medical Reference Services Quarterly is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.364.

Is Medical Reference Services Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Medical Reference Services Quarterly is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Medical Reference Services Quarterly?

Subject areas: Library and Information Sciences; Health Informatics.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref