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Perinatal Journal

Perinatal Medicine Foundation · Turkey · Est. 2012

ISSN1305-3124

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2025-06-04). 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 ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.115

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

963

Total Citationsi

562

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Perinatal Journal is an international, online open access, peer-reviewed scientific journal. Its scope encompasses obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, surgery, internal medicine, cardiology, neurology, psychiatry, oncology, and anesthesiology.

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General Information

Country / RegionTurkey

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 139 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications963

Publisher OrgPerinatal Medicine Foundation

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2013

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Perinatal Medicine Foundation

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1305-3124

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

2019

2020

2021

2022

102

2023

2024

248

2025

158

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.

Genetics (clinical)Q4

Obstetrics and GynecologyQ4

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ4

SurgeryQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSurgeryObstetrics and GynecologyGenetics (clinical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pregnancy and preeclampsia studiesPrenatal Screening and DiagnosticsGestational Diabetes Research and ManagementBirth, Development, and HealthAssisted Reproductive Technology and Twin PregnancyCongenital Heart Disease StudiesMaternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsPreterm Birth and ChorioamnionitisCongenital Anomalies and Fetal SurgeryMaternal and fetal healthcare

Frequently asked questions about Perinatal Journal

Is Perinatal Journal a predatory journal?

Perinatal Journal was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2025-06-04). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Perinatal Journal?

Perinatal Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.115.

Is Perinatal Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Perinatal Journal is indexed in Scopus.