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Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana

Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons · Ghana · Est. 2012

ISSN2343-6921

SJR Q4✓ 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.

📊 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

0.141

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.168

Total Worksi

382

Total Citationsi

328

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana is centred on health care and medical sciences. Its scope includes Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Neurosurgery, and Emergency Medicine.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on the publisher page

General Information

Country / RegionGhana

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications382

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2343-6921

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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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?

N/A

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

2012

294

315

2022

2023

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)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Maternal and Child HealthGlobal Health and SurgeryGlobal Health Workforce IssuesHIV/AIDS Impact and ResponsesHealthcare Policy and ManagementNeonatal Respiratory Health ResearchGlobal Cancer Incidence and ScreeningEctopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and ManagementMalaria Research and ControlPregnancy and preeclampsia studies

Frequently asked questions about Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana

Is Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana: 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 Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana?

Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.141.

Is Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana is indexed in Scopus.