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Medical Principles and Practice

S. Karger AG · Switzerland

ISSN1011-7571eISSN1423-0151

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.787

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.467

Total Worksi

2,970

Total Citationsi

59,419

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine. Topics: basic health sciences, clinical practice, general medicine

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencySix No. A Year, 2004-

StatusActive

Total Publications2,970

Publisher OrgKarger Publishers

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoScholars PortalPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

S. Karger AG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1011-7571 / 1423-0151

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, Scholars Portal, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

130

2.2k

2019

2.6k

2020

2021

879

2022

363

2023

429

2024

153

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationPhysics and Engineering Research ArticlesDental Health and Care UtilizationOral microbiology and periodontitis research

Frequently asked questions about Medical Principles and Practice

Is Medical Principles and Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Medical Principles and Practice: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Principles and Practice?

Medical Principles and Practice 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 2.27.

Is Medical Principles and Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Medical Principles and Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Medical Principles and Practice?