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JAMA Internal Medicine

American Medical Association · United States · Est. 1913

ISSN2168-6114

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

4.984

H-Indexi

255

SNIPi

3.982

Total Worksi

7,829

Total Citationsi

311,105

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

JAMA Internal Medicine is a journal that publishes research in Internal Medicine and Surgery. It also explores topics in Intensive care medicine, Endocrinology, and MEDLINE.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1913

FrequencySemimonthly (Except For Combined Issues In Aug. And Dec.)

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications7,829

Publisher OrgAmerican Medical Association

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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?

American Medical Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2168-6114

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

605

23k

2019

568

44k

2020

490

14k

2021

374

8.6k

2022

436

11k

2023

495

6.1k

2024

463

2.6k

2025

282

242

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.

Internal MedicineQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Internal Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare cost, quality, practicesHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeHealthcare Policy and ManagementPrimary Care and Health OutcomesPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesPharmaceutical Economics and PolicyPharmaceutical industry and healthcareCardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsHospital Admissions and OutcomesGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening

Frequently asked questions about JAMA Internal Medicine

Is JAMA Internal Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for JAMA Internal Medicine: 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 JAMA Internal Medicine?

JAMA Internal Medicine 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 5.91.

Is JAMA Internal Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JAMA Internal Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.