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Journal of Medical Humanities

Springer New York · United States · Est. 1980

ISSN1573-3645
SJR Q3WOS ESCIScopus / 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.257
H-Indexi
47
SNIPi
0.772
Total Worksi
1,584
Total Citationsi
10,649
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.39
Open Impact Factor alternative
Retractions
3
Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Medical Humanities is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal that publishes innovative research, creative scholarship, poetry, essays, reviews, and short reports in the health humanities. Submissions to JMH should be oriented toward health humanities as a scholarly field, aiming to engage central questions, dilemmas, challenges, and imaginative opportunities that the health humanities offer. Readers are trained in a variety of disciplines, so submissions should avoid field-specific jargon. Readers also expect scholarship that is inclusive and attentive to social justice issues and scholarship, broadly construed.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1980
Annual Volume~ 75 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications1,584
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer New York
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1573-3645
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
peer-reviewed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
51
289
2019
73
510
2020
50
230
2021
44
381
2022
58
156
2023
88
70
2024
79
29
2025
55
1
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.

Health PolicyQ3
Health (social science)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Humanities, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Health (social science)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Empathy and Medical EducationEthics in medical practiceInnovations in Medical EducationMental Health and PsychiatryHistorical Psychiatry and Medical PracticesHistorical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesFilm in Education and TherapyEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareClinical Reasoning and Diagnostic SkillsGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Medical Humanities

Is Journal of Medical Humanities a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Medical Humanities: 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 Medical Humanities?

Journal of Medical Humanities 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 0.39.

Is Journal of Medical Humanities indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Medical Humanities is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Medical Humanities?

The Journal of Medical Humanities is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal that publishes innovative research, creative scholarship, poetry, essays, reviews, and short reports in the health humanities. Submissions to JMH should be oriented toward health humanities as a scholarly field, aiming to engage central questions, dilemmas, challenges, and imaginative opportunities that the health humanities offer. Readers are trained in a variety of disciplines, so submissions should avoid field-specific jargon. Readers also expect scholarship that is inclusive and attentive to social justice issues and s

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref