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ACTA MEDICA OKAYAMA

OKAYAMA UNIV MED SCHOOL · JP

ISSN0386-300XeISSN0386-300X

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-06-24). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.238

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.322

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine, Research & Experimental; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous); Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionJP

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 3 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgOkayama University

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Submission Info

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

OKAYAMA UNIV MED SCHOOL

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0386-300X / 0386-300X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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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?

English

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

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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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, Research & Experimental

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and StrategiesMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchDiet and metabolism studiesGlaucoma and retinal disordersLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentChronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesIron Metabolism and Disorders

Frequently asked questions about ACTA MEDICA OKAYAMA

Is ACTA MEDICA OKAYAMA a predatory journal?

ACTA MEDICA OKAYAMA was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-06-24). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of ACTA MEDICA OKAYAMA?

ACTA MEDICA OKAYAMA is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.

Is ACTA MEDICA OKAYAMA indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ACTA MEDICA OKAYAMA is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of ACTA MEDICA OKAYAMA?