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South Sudan Medical Journal

Health and Social Sciences Research Institute - South Sudan (HSSRI-SS) · Sudan · Est. 2008

ISSN2309-4613

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.123

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.042

Total Worksi

373

Total Citationsi

412

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

SSMJ publishes all types of articles: original research, reviews, survey reports/KAP studies, discussions and commentaries as well as case studies, clinical guidance and letters to the editor, in all fields of medicine and public health.

General Information

Country / RegionSudan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Frequencyquarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications373

Publisher OrgSouth Sudan Doctors' Association

OA Since2007

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Health and Social Sciences Research Institute - South Sudan (HSSRI-SS)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2309-4613

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

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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.

Health Professions (miscellaneous)Q4

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Health Professions (miscellaneous)Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Maternal and Child HealthHIV/AIDS Impact and ResponsesHealth and Conflict StudiesChild Nutrition and Water AccessTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyHealthcare Systems and ReformsMalaria Research and ControlMigration, Health and TraumaInnovations in Medical EducationGlobal Health Workforce Issues

Frequently asked questions about South Sudan Medical Journal

Is South Sudan Medical Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for South Sudan Medical Journal: it is indexed in 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 South Sudan Medical Journal?

South Sudan Medical Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.123.

Is South Sudan Medical Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

South Sudan Medical Journal is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.