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Kidney Diseases

S. Karger AG · Switzerland · Est. 2015

ISSN2296-9381eISSN2296-9357

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.084

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.935

Total Worksi

533

Total Citationsi

8,513

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Urology & Nephrology; Nephrology.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications533

Publisher OrgKarger Publishers

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

S. Karger AG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2296-9381 / 2296-9357

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

643

2019

1.4k

2020

889

2021

701

2022

504

2023

224

2024

136

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.

NephrologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Urology & Nephrology

Scopus Categories

Nephrology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Chronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesDialysis and Renal Disease ManagementRenal Diseases and GlomerulopathiesAcute Kidney Injury ResearchDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationPhysics and Engineering Research ArticlesParathyroid Disorders and TreatmentsVasculitis and related conditionsGenetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases

Frequently asked questions about Kidney Diseases

Is Kidney Diseases a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Kidney Diseases: 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 Kidney Diseases?

Kidney Diseases 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 1.76.

Is Kidney Diseases indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Kidney Diseases is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Kidney Diseases?