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African Health Sciences

Makerere University, Medical School · Uganda · Est. 1947

ISSN1680-6905eISSN1729-0503

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.376

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.495

Total Worksi

2,813

Total Citationsi

38,208

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUganda

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1947

FrequencyFour No. A Year, 2005-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,813

Publisher OrgMakerere University

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Makerere University, Medical School

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1680-6905 / 1729-0503

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

170

3.1k

2019

240

3.1k

2020

253

2.7k

2021

335

2.2k

2022

323

1.4k

2023

134

211

2024

193

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

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Maternal and Child HealthAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyChild Nutrition and Water AccessDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsHIV-related health complications and treatmentsGlobal Health and EpidemiologyMalaria Research and ControlMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions

Frequently asked questions about African Health Sciences

Is African Health Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for African Health Sciences: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of African Health Sciences?

African Health Sciences 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 0.69.

Is African Health Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

African Health Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of African Health Sciences?