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Journal of Chiropractic Medicine

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 2002

ISSN1556-3715

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.319

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.449

Total Worksi

1,222

Total Citationsi

38,363

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Chiropractic Medicine is an international, interdisciplinary, and peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the advancement of chiropractic and conservative care practices. It provides a forum for the chiropractic profession to disseminate information dedicated to the developing primary care emphasis within the profession.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 42 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,222

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1556-3715

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

714

2018

467

2019

454

2020

213

2021

277

2022

132

2023

2024

2025

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.

ChiropracticsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Rehabilitation

Scopus Categories

Chiropractics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesSpine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyEducational Robotics and EngineeringHuman auditory perception and evaluationMyofascial pain diagnosis and treatmentCervical and Thoracic MyelopathySports injuries and preventionFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance DevicesScoliosis diagnosis and treatment

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Chiropractic Medicine

Is Journal of Chiropractic Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Chiropractic Medicine: 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 Journal of Chiropractic Medicine?

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine 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 0.20.

Is Journal of Chiropractic Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.