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Indian Journal of Nephrology

Scientific Scholar LLC · United States

ISSN0971-4065eISSN1998-3662

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Removed from DOAJ (2024-05-09). DOAJ's stated reason: Problems with website. 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 (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.291

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.484

Total Worksi

2,501

Total Citationsi

17,065

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Urology & Nephrology; Nephrology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications2,501

Publisher OrgMedknow

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer review

OA License—

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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8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Scientific Scholar LLC

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0971-4065 / 1998-3662

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer review

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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?

Yes

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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

114

969

2019

135

667

2020

128

504

2021

146

491

2022

163

302

2023

261

361

2024

176

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.

NephrologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Urology & Nephrology

Scopus Categories

Nephrology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Renal Diseases and GlomerulopathiesDialysis and Renal Disease ManagementRenal Transplantation Outcomes and TreatmentsChronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesCentral Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis

Frequently asked questions about Indian Journal of Nephrology

Is Indian Journal of Nephrology a predatory journal?

Indian Journal of Nephrology was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Problems with website" (2024-05-09). 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 Indian Journal of Nephrology?

Indian Journal of Nephrology 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.60.

Is Indian Journal of Nephrology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Indian Journal of Nephrology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Indian Journal of Nephrology?