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Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Routledge · United States

ISSN0276-3869

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total72

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% 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

0.364

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

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

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0276-3869

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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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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

894

2019

2.1k

2020

391

2021

188

2022

116

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.

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. Its PubScope Trust Score is 72/100. 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?