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Statistical Methods in Medical Research

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1949

ISSN1477-0334

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?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.948

H-Indexi

140

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.122

Total Worksi

3,218

Total Citationsi

117,830

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Care Sciences & Services; Mathematical & Computational Biology; Medical Informatics; Statistics & Probability; Statistics and Probability; Epidemiology; Health Information Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1949

FrequencyMonthly, 2018-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,218

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1477-0334

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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

149

1.8k

2019

156

2.5k

2020

156

1.7k

2021

138

1.2k

2022

130

1.1k

2023

132

476

2024

136

140

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.

Statistics and ProbabilityQ1

EpidemiologyQ2

Health Information ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Care Sciences & ServicesMathematical & Computational BiologyMedical InformaticsStatistics & Probability

Scopus Categories

Health Information ManagementStatistics and ProbabilityEpidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Statistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceStatistical Methods and InferenceStatistical Methods in Clinical TrialsAdvanced Causal Inference TechniquesHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeBayesian Methods and Mixture ModelsOptimal Experimental Design MethodsMeta-analysis and systematic reviewsAdvanced Statistical Methods and ModelsGene expression and cancer classification

Frequently asked questions about Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Is Statistical Methods in Medical Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Statistical Methods in Medical Research: 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 Statistical Methods in Medical Research?

Statistical Methods in Medical Research 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 Statistical Methods in Medical Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Statistical Methods in Medical Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.