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American Journal of Case Reports

International Scientific Information, Inc. · United States · Est. 2004

ISSN1941-5923eISSN1941-5923

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-12-07). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.276

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.541

Total Worksi

5,447

Total Citationsi

28,670

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.64

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 496 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,447

Publisher OrgInternational Scientific Information Inc.

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

International Scientific Information, Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1941-5923 / 1941-5923

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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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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

387

2.9k

2019

566

4.8k

2020

602

3.4k

2021

442

1.9k

2022

440

1.2k

2023

443

745

2024

606

353

2025

410

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)

Gastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsSarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and ManagementCardiac tumors and thrombiNeuroendocrine Tumor Research AdvancesCardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairEsophageal and GI PathologyLymphoma Diagnosis and TreatmentVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementEosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes

Frequently asked questions about American Journal of Case Reports

Is American Journal of Case Reports a predatory journal?

American Journal of Case Reports was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-12-07). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of American Journal of Case Reports?

American Journal of 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 0.64.

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

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

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