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Kurume Medical Journal

Kurume University School of Medicine · Japan · Est. 1954

ISSN1881-2090

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.155

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.143

Total Worksi

2,152

Total Citationsi

10,110

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.15

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Kurume Medical Journal publishes original works that fall within the broad range of medical science. The journal publishes articles related to Medicine.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on the publisher page

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1954

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,152

Publisher OrgKurume University School of Medicine

OA Since2015

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Kurume University School of Medicine

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1881-2090

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

193

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

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)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentIon channel regulation and functionMetastasis and carcinoma case studiesGastrointestinal Tumor Research and TreatmentHerpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisParasites and Host InteractionsCerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus

Frequently asked questions about Kurume Medical Journal

Is Kurume Medical Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Kurume Medical Journal: it is indexed in 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 Kurume Medical Journal?

Kurume Medical Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.155.

Is Kurume Medical Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Kurume Medical Journal is indexed in Scopus.