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Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Schwabe und Co. AG · Switzerland · Est. 1939

ISSN1424-7860eISSN1424-3997

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.512

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.529

Total Worksi

3,855

Total Citationsi

75,429

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Swiss Medical Weekly accepts for consideration articles from all fields of medicine. Contributions must be written in English.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1939

FrequencyContinually Published, July 2010-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,855

OA Since2000

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PKP PNCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Schwabe und Co. AG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1424-7860 / 1424-3997

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

PKP PN, 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

160

2.1k

2019

224

5.3k

2020

208

2021

140

1.2k

2022

123

564

2023

139

469

2024

164

211

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)

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesNeonatal Respiratory Health ResearchCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesHeart Failure Treatment and ManagementCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesRenal Transplantation Outcomes and TreatmentsHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Frequently asked questions about Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Is Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift: 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 Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift?

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift 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 1.56.

Is Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift?