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Intractable and Rare Diseases Research

International Advancement Center for Medicine & Health Research Co., Ltd. (IACMHR Co., Ltd.) · Japan · Est. 1966

ISSN2186-3644eISSN2186-361X

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.

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📊 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

0.547

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.646

Total Worksi

626

Total Citationsi

9,147

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine, General & Internal; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1966

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications626

OA Since2015

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

International Advancement Center for Medicine & Health Research Co., Ltd. (IACMHR Co., Ltd.)

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2186-3644 / 2186-361X

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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

871

2019

614

2020

363

2021

278

2022

319

2023

181

2024

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)

Genomics and Rare DiseasesGenetics and Neurodevelopmental DisordersHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeGenomic variations and chromosomal abnormalitiesAutism Spectrum Disorder ResearchConnective tissue disorders researchLysosomal Storage Disorders ResearchGenetic Syndromes and ImprintingMetabolism and Genetic DisordersPharmaceutical Economics and Policy

Frequently asked questions about Intractable and Rare Diseases Research

Is Intractable and Rare Diseases Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Intractable and Rare Diseases Research: 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 Intractable and Rare Diseases Research?

Intractable and Rare Diseases Research 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 1.93.

Is Intractable and Rare Diseases Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Intractable and Rare Diseases Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Intractable and Rare Diseases Research?