JAMA

American Medical Association · United States · Est. 1801

ISSN1538-3598

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

5.843

H-Indexi

994

SNIPi

10.71

Total Worksi

268,654

Total Citationsi

6,934,352

2yr Mean Citednessi

7.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1801

FrequencyWeekly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications268,654

Publisher OrgAmerican Medical Association

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Medical Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1538-3598

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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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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

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

1.8k

99k

2019

1.9k

257k

2020

1.7k

102k

2021

1.7k

56k

2022

1.9k

49k

2023

1.9k

31k

2024

1.8k

13k

2025

1.3k

1.2k

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)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare Policy and ManagementHistory of Medical PracticePharmaceutical industry and healthcarePrimary Care and Health OutcomesMedicine and Dermatology Studies HistoryHuman auditory perception and evaluationHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeMedical Malpractice and Liability IssuesDiversity and Career in MedicineEmpathy and Medical Education

Frequently asked questions about JAMA

Is JAMA a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for JAMA: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 JAMA?

JAMA 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 7.35.

Is JAMA indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JAMA is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of JAMA?

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

JAMA

Aims & Scope

General Information

Submission Info

Ethics & Quality

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

Publication & Citation Trend

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Subject Classification

Frequently asked questions about JAMA

Is JAMA a predatory journal?

What is the impact factor of JAMA?

Is JAMA indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

What is the aims and scope of JAMA?

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