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SAGE Open Medicine

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1977

ISSN2050-3121eISSN2050-3121

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

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Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total53

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.668

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.077

Total Works

2,194

Total Citations

32,475

2yr Mean Citedness

2.63

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Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

SAGE Open Medicine publishes research on public health, clinical medicine, and health systems. Recent articles focus on assessing water quality, medication disposal practices, quality of obstetric and newborn care, the impact of addiction consult services, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical conditions, knowledge of mother-to-child HIV transmission, community-based education for hypertension, first aid knowledge, the association between the triglyceride-glucose index and blood pressure, spinal anesthesia for cesarean sections, management of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with pulmonary hypertension, predictors of adverse neonatal outcomes in small-for-gestational-age births, oral care practices for stroke survivors, and the relationship between endometriosis and the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

Annual Volume~ 230 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,194

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~12 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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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?

2050-3121 / 2050-3121

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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)

Global Maternal and Child HealthCOVID-19 and Mental HealthPharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesChild Nutrition and Water AccessDiabetes Management and EducationMaternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsAntibiotic Use and ResistanceCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies