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Renal Failure

Informa Healthcare · United Kingdom

ISSN1525-6049

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.946

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.922

Total Worksi

6,392

Total Citationsi

91,162

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Urology & Nephrology; Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine; Medicine (miscellaneous); Nephrology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencySix No. A Year, 1994 -

StatusActive

Total Publications6,392

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoScholars PortalCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Informa Healthcare

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1525-6049

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, Scholars Portal, 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

141

2.9k

2019

161

2.8k

2020

181

2.8k

2021

221

2022

338

3.7k

2023

487

3.6k

2024

621

2025

318

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.

Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

NephrologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Urology & Nephrology

Scopus Categories

NephrologyCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Dialysis and Renal Disease ManagementChronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesAcute Kidney Injury ResearchRenal Diseases and GlomerulopathiesParathyroid Disorders and TreatmentsRenal Transplantation Outcomes and TreatmentsRenal and Vascular PathologiesCentral Venous Catheters and HemodialysisVasculitis and related conditionsMuscle and Compartmental Disorders

Frequently asked questions about Renal Failure

Is Renal Failure a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Renal Failure: 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 Renal Failure?

Renal Failure 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 3.23.

Is Renal Failure indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Renal Failure is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Renal Failure?