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Journal of Medical Case Reports

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1959

ISSN1752-1947eISSN1752-1947

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.297

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.677

Total Worksi

8,555

Total Citationsi

74,676

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1959

Annual Volume~ 634 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,555

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2006

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

British Library; Koninklijke BibliotheekCLOCKSSLOCKSSPorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1752-1947 / 1752-1947

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

British Library; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

390

3.9k

2019

246

2.1k

2020

634

4.5k

2021

492

2.5k

2022

554

2023

648

1.3k

2024

701

575

2025

694

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)

Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentCardiac tumors and thrombiGastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsLymphoma Diagnosis and TreatmentAppendicitis Diagnosis and ManagementInfectious Diseases and TuberculosisTeratomas and Epidermoid CystsVasculitis and related conditionsIgG4-Related and Inflammatory DiseasesBone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Medical Case Reports

Is Journal of Medical Case Reports a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Medical Case Reports: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Case Reports?

Journal of Medical Case Reports 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 0.91.

Is Journal of Medical Case Reports indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Medical Case Reports is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Medical Case Reports?