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Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 1987

ISSN1756-5391

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.977

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.365

Total Worksi

1,618

Total Citationsi

19,558

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine is an international healthcare and medical decision-making journal. It covers safety, policy, and trials, and promotes the understanding and development of evidence-based decision-making, research, practice, and education.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,618

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1756-5391

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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

518

2019

2.3k

2020

839

2021

592

2022

671

2023

567

2024

112

289

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.

Health PolicyQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsLung Cancer Treatments and MutationsHealth Sciences Research and EducationHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeClinical practice guidelines implementationTraditional Chinese Medicine StudiesHealth Policy Implementation ScienceLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentEthics in Clinical ResearchDelphi Technique in Research

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Is Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine: 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 Evidence-Based Medicine?

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine 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 2.36.

Is Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.