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Croatian Medical Journal

Medicinska Naklada d.o.o · Croatia · Est. 1953

ISSN1332-8166

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.369

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.418

Total Worksi

1,620

Total Citationsi

24,754

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionCroatia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1953

Frequencysix times per year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,620

Publisher OrgMedicinska naklada, Zagreb

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Medicinska Naklada d.o.o

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1332-8166

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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?

PMC

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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

1.1k

2019

1.2k

2020

974

2021

546

2022

535

2023

218

2024

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)

Forensic and Genetic ResearchHealth and Medical Research ImpactsForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology StudiesEthics in Clinical ResearchHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeGenetic Associations and EpidemiologyMolecular Biology Techniques and ApplicationsAcademic Publishing and Open AccessCerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalusCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Frequently asked questions about Croatian Medical Journal

Is Croatian Medical Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Croatian 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 Croatian Medical Journal?

Croatian 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.36.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of Croatian Medical Journal?