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Medicine, Science and the Law

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1960

ISSN2042-1818

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.402

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.126

Total Worksi

4,525

Total Citationsi

34,105

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Law; Medicine, Legal; Health Policy; Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1960

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,525

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2042-1818

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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

455

2019

894

2020

660

2021

400

2022

237

2023

100

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.

LawQ2

Health PolicyQ3

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

LawMedicine, Legal

Scopus Categories

LawIssues, Ethics and Legal AspectsHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Medical Malpractice and Liability IssuesAutopsy Techniques and OutcomesRestraint-Related DeathsHealthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsPsychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingLegal Education and Practice InnovationsHomicide, Infanticide, and Child AbuseInjury Epidemiology and PreventionSuicide and Self-Harm StudiesPsychiatric care and mental health services

Frequently asked questions about Medicine, Science and the Law

Is Medicine, Science and the Law a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Medicine, Science and the Law: 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 Medicine, Science and the Law?

Medicine, Science and the Law 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 0.76.

Is Medicine, Science and the Law indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Medicine, Science and the Law is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Medicine, Science and the Law?