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Medical Science Monitor

International Scientific Information, Inc. · United States · Est. 1996

ISSN1643-3750eISSN1643-3750

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.617

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.69

Total Worksi

8,731

Total Citationsi

153,813

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Medical Science Monitor (MSM) established in 1995 is an international, peer-reviewed scientific journal which publishes original articles Clinical Medicine and related disciplines.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyOne Issue Per Year, 2013-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,731

Publisher OrgInternational Scientific Information Inc.

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

International Scientific Information, Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1643-3750 / 1643-3750

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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?

Yes

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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

1.1k

25k

2019

21k

2020

551

6.1k

2021

329

2022

403

2.7k

2023

417

2.1k

2024

421

782

2025

284

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)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, Research & Experimental

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cancer-related molecular mechanisms researchMicroRNA in disease regulationCircular RNAs in diseasesSpine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyRNA modifications and cancerLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentSpinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesAnesthesia and Pain ManagementFerroptosis and cancer prognosisMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

Frequently asked questions about Medical Science Monitor

Is Medical Science Monitor a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Medical Science Monitor: 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 Medical Science Monitor?

Medical Science Monitor 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 2.10.

Is Medical Science Monitor indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Medical Science Monitor is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Medical Science Monitor?