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Medical Journal of Australia

John Wiley and Sons Inc · Australia · Est. 1848

ISSN1326-5377

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

176

days submission → published

measured · last 12 articles · accept 104d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

1.454

H-Indexi

260

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.479

Total Worksi

153,199

Total Citationsi

781,793

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1848

FrequencyTwenty Three No. A Year, <2003->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications153,199

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1326-5377

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

559

7.4k

2019

620

10k

2020

626

4.5k

2021

464

3.3k

2022

398

3.2k

2023

393

1.6k

2024

320

678

2025

120

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)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Health Workforce IssuesPasture and Agricultural SystemsAustralian Indigenous Culture and HistoryDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesAustralian History and SocietyIndigenous Health, Education, and RightsHuman auditory perception and evaluationInvertebrate Taxonomy and EcologyEducation Systems and PolicyHistory of Medical Practice

Frequently asked questions about Medical Journal of Australia

Is Medical Journal of Australia a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Medical Journal of Australia: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Medical Journal of Australia?

Medical Journal of Australia 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 2.49.

Is Medical Journal of Australia indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Medical Journal of Australia is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Medical Journal of Australia?