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CMAJ Open

Canadian Medical Association · Canada · Est. 1898

ISSN2291-0026

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.941

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,086

Total Citationsi

21,930

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1898

Annual Volume~ 46 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,086

Publisher OrgCanadian Medical Association

OA Since2013

Visit Journal Website

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?

Canadian Medical Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2291-0026

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

1.9k

2018

1.9k

2019

113

2020

156

3.5k

2021

123

1.3k

2022

135

1.1k

2023

2024

2025

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)Q1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Primary Care and Health OutcomesGlobal Cancer Incidence and ScreeningChronic Disease Management StrategiesPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsEmergency and Acute Care StudiesCOVID-19 and Mental HealthCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Frequently asked questions about CMAJ Open

Is CMAJ Open a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for CMAJ Open: it is indexed in 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 CMAJ Open?

CMAJ Open is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.941.

Is CMAJ Open indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

CMAJ Open is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of CMAJ Open?