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Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India · Est. 2001

ISSN1117-1936eISSN2468-6875

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.323

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.399

Total Worksi

1,206

Total Citationsi

11,896

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 54 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2023)

Total Publications1,206

Publisher OrgNational Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1117-1936 / 2468-6875

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

590

2019

898

2020

302

2021

238

2022

192

2023

155

2024

2025

102

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)

Global Maternal and Child HealthGlobal Health and EpidemiologyHemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersOphthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesChild Nutrition and Water AccessPregnancy and preeclampsia studiesMaternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsTraumatic Ocular and Foreign Body InjuriesMalaria Research and ControlAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

Frequently asked questions about Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal

Is Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nigerian Postgraduate 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 Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal?

Nigerian Postgraduate 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.

Is Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal?