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Japanese Journal of Leprosy

Japanese Leprosy Association · Japan · Est. 1977

ISSN1342-3681

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 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

0.102

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

360

Total Citationsi

1,953

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Dermatology; Infectious Diseases; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1977

Annual Volume~ 4 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications360

OA Since2014

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Japanese Leprosy Association

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1342-3681

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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

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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.

DermatologyQ4

Infectious DiseasesQ4

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

DermatologyMedicine (miscellaneous)Infectious Diseases

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Leprosy Research and TreatmentMycobacterium research and diagnosisTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyInfectious Diseases and TuberculosisLegal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and StrategiesHematological disorders and diagnosticsPharmacological Effects of Natural CompoundsYersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research

Frequently asked questions about Japanese Journal of Leprosy

Is Japanese Journal of Leprosy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Japanese Journal of Leprosy: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 Japanese Journal of Leprosy?

Japanese Journal of Leprosy is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.102.

Is Japanese Journal of Leprosy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Japanese Journal of Leprosy is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Japanese Journal of Leprosy?