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Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals

U.S. Special Operations Command · United States · Est. 2006

ISSN1553-9768

SJR Q3✓ 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

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.305

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.441

Total Worksi

1,343

Total Citationsi

7,506

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.81

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 73 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,343

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?

U.S. Special Operations Command

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1553-9768

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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

432

2019

497

2020

310

2021

236

2022

160

2023

150

2024

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

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, ResuscitationTrauma and Emergency Care StudiesDisaster Response and ManagementCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationOccupational Health and PerformanceTraumatic Ocular and Foreign Body InjuriesBlood transfusion and managementTrauma Management and DiagnosisHemostasis and retained surgical itemsHealth and Conflict Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals

Is Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals: 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 Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals?

Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.305.

Is Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals?