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Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan · Pakistan · Est. 2017

ISSN1681-7168

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 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

0.309

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.375

Total Worksi

3,817

Total Citationsi

12,552

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionPakistan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2017

Annual Volume~ 500 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications3,817

OA Since2018

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?

College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1681-7168

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

414

2.7k

2019

423

2.5k

2020

453

1.9k

2021

505

1.6k

2022

450

820

2023

508

537

2024

542

190

2025

442

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)

Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease PrognosisCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesAnesthesia and Pain ManagementSarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentInnovations in Medical EducationKidney Stones and Urolithiasis TreatmentsGallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersAppendicitis Diagnosis and ManagementSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentEsophageal and GI Pathology

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Is Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan: 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 the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan?

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan 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 0.43.

Is Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan?