Home›Search›Perspectives on Medical Education

Perspectives on Medical Education

Ubiquity Press · Netherlands · Est. 1873

ISSN2212-2761eISSN2212-277X

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

1.512

H-Indexi

SNIPi

2.096

Total Worksi

973

Total Citationsi

22,589

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.84

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education, Scientific Disciplines; Health Care Sciences & Services; Education; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1873

FrequencySix No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications973

Publisher OrgBohn Stafleu van Loghum

OA Since2011

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Ubiquity Press

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2212-2761 / 2212-277X

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

PMC

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

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

4.3k

2019

1.9k

2020

2021

772

2022

832

2023

599

2024

253

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.

EducationQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education, Scientific DisciplinesHealth Care Sciences & Services

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Innovations in Medical EducationClinical Reasoning and Diagnostic SkillsMedical Education and AdmissionsEmpathy and Medical EducationDiversity and Career in MedicineSimulation-Based Education in HealthcareHealth and Medical Research ImpactsHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutInterprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Sciences Research and Education

Frequently asked questions about Perspectives on Medical Education

Is Perspectives on Medical Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Perspectives on Medical Education: 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 Perspectives on Medical Education?

Perspectives on Medical Education 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 2.84.

Is Perspectives on Medical Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Perspectives on Medical Education is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Perspectives on Medical Education?