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Medical Science Educator

Springer New York · United States · Est. 1971

ISSN2156-8650eISSN2156-8650

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.516

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.982

Total Worksi

2,977

Total Citationsi

17,823

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education, Scientific Disciplines; Education; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

Annual Volume~ 295 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,977

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer New York

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2156-8650 / 2156-8650

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

221

2019

270

3.4k

2020

305

3.9k

2021

242

2.1k

2022

249

1.4k

2023

295

974

2024

342

492

2025

257

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.

EducationQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education, Scientific Disciplines

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Innovations in Medical EducationClinical Reasoning and Diagnostic SkillsMedical Education and AdmissionsProblem and Project Based LearningDiversity and Career in MedicineHealth and Medical Research ImpactsEmpathy and Medical EducationAnatomy and Medical TechnologyInnovative Teaching MethodsSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare

Frequently asked questions about Medical Science Educator

Is Medical Science Educator a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Medical Science Educator: 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 Medical Science Educator?

Medical Science Educator 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 1.30.

Is Medical Science Educator indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Medical Science Educator is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Medical Science Educator?