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Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

John Wiley and Sons Inc · Singapore · Est. 1980

ISSN2410-8650

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

152

days submission → published

measured · last 16 articles · accept 126d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.836

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.706

Total Worksi

3,545

Total Citationsi

39,065

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine, Research & Experimental; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionSingapore

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,545

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2002

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~24 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2410-8650

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

182

2.9k

2019

180

2.6k

2020

160

1.7k

2021

157

1.3k

2022

159

1.1k

2023

143

536

2024

209

200

2025

100

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)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, Research & Experimental

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cancer-related molecular mechanisms researchHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringMicroRNA in disease regulationCircular RNAs in diseasesLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentRNA modifications and cancerHepatitis C virus researchPharmaceutical industry and healthcare

Frequently asked questions about Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Is Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences?

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences 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 1.50.

Is Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences?