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Medical Law International

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 1993

ISSN2047-9441

SJR Q2✓ 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. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.278

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

487

Total Citationsi

2,313

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Law; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1993

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications487

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

Visit Journal Website

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2047-9441

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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

105

2019

170

2020

149

2021

2022

105

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.

LawQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareMedical Malpractice and Liability IssuesReproductive Health and TechnologiesEthics in medical practicePatient Dignity and PrivacyBiomedical Ethics and RegulationEthics in Clinical ResearchPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesOrgan Donation and TransplantationHealthcare Decision-Making and Restraints

Frequently asked questions about Medical Law International

Is Medical Law International a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Medical Law International: 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 Medical Law International?

Medical Law International is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.278.

Is Medical Law International indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Medical Law International is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Medical Law International?