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Hong Kong Medical Journal

Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press · China

ISSN1024-2708eISSN2226-8707

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3 · Scopus CiteScore 1.4. 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

0.245

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

1.4

SNIPi

0.364

Total Worksi

1,447

Total Citationsi

11,350

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine, General & Internal; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications1,447

Publisher OrgHong Kong Academy of Medicine

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1024-2708 / 2226-8707

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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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

108

1.2k

2019

136

923

2020

116

583

2021

101

339

2022

117

267

2023

103

124

2024

105

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)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

COVID-19 and healthcare impactsCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesTotal Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesAssisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy

Frequently asked questions about Hong Kong Medical Journal

Is Hong Kong Medical Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Hong Kong Medical Journal: 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 Hong Kong Medical Journal?

Hong Kong Medical Journal 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 1.4.

Is Hong Kong Medical Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Hong Kong Medical Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Hong Kong Medical Journal?