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Yonsei Medical Journal

Yonsei University College of Medicine · South Korea

ISSN1976-2437

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.719

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.902

Total Worksi

5,562

Total Citationsi

98,111

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencySix No. A Year

StatusActive

Total Publications5,562

Publisher OrgYonsei University College of Medicine

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Scholars PortalPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Yonsei University College of Medicine

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1976-2437

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Scholars Portal, 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

167

3.4k

2019

148

2.4k

2020

148

2.4k

2021

154

1.9k

2022

102

1.1k

2023

108

550

2024

107

152

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)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyCoronary Interventions and DiagnosticsCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery DiseasesLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsGastric Cancer Management and OutcomesMycobacterium research and diagnosisAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesAsthma and respiratory diseasesBone health and osteoporosis research

Frequently asked questions about Yonsei Medical Journal

Is Yonsei Medical Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Yonsei Medical Journal: 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 Yonsei Medical Journal?

Yonsei Medical Journal 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 2.00.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of Yonsei Medical Journal?