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Balkan Medical Journal

Galenos Yayinevi · Turkey · Est. 1918

ISSN2146-3123eISSN2146-3131

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 3.7. 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

0.746

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

3.7

SNIPi

0.883

Total Worksi

1,572

Total Citationsi

12,760

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Balkan Medical Journal (BMJ) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes high-quality original research articles, reviews, case reports, and editorials in all areas of medicine and health sciences. The journal aims to provide a platform for researchers and clinicians to share their findings and contribute to the advancement of medical knowledge. BMJ is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Scopus, and other major databases.

General Information

Country / RegionTurkey

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1918

Frequencymonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,572

Publisher OrgGalenos Yayinevi

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Galenos Yayinevi

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2146-3123 / 2146-3131

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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?

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

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

100

804

2019

110

1.1k

2020

611

2021

545

2022

704

2023

102

378

2024

131

185

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)

Tracheal and airway disordersCongenital Heart Disease StudiesCardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesAtrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsAnesthesia and Pain ManagementInflammasome and immune disordersRespiratory Support and MechanismsMicroRNA in disease regulation

Frequently asked questions about Balkan Medical Journal

Is Balkan Medical Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Balkan 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 Balkan Medical Journal?

Balkan 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 3.7.

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

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