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Korean Journal of Medical History

Korean Society for the History of Medicine · South Korea · Est. 1992

ISSN2093-5609

SJR Q3✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.138

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

279

Total Citationsi

432

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Asian Studies; History & Philosophy Of Science; History and Philosophy of Science; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageKorean

1st Year Published1992

FrequencyTwo No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications279

Publisher OrgKorean Society for the History of Medicine

OA Since2012

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewEditorial

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Korean Society for the History of Medicine

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2093-5609

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Editorial

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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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Korean

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

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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.

History and Philosophy of ScienceQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Asian StudiesHistory & Philosophy Of Science

Scopus Categories

History and Philosophy of ScienceMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Chinese history and philosophyKorean Peninsula Historical and Political StudiesJapanese History and CultureTraditional Chinese Medicine StudiesDiverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education StudiesHealthcare and Venom ResearchHistorical Psychiatry and Medical PracticesHistorical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesPharmacy and Medical PracticesHistory of Medicine Studies

Frequently asked questions about Korean Journal of Medical History

Is Korean Journal of Medical History a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Korean Journal of Medical History: 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 Korean Journal of Medical History?

Korean Journal of Medical History 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 0.08.

Is Korean Journal of Medical History indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of Korean Journal of Medical History?