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Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal

Army Medical College · Pakistan

ISSN2411-8842

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

0.126

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.106

Total Worksi

3,152

Total Citationsi

1,865

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal (PAFMJ) is a bi-monthly medical journal published by Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The journal is recognized by Higher Education Commission (HEC) and PM&DC of Pakistan and is Indexed and abstracted in Scopus. Covered by: Google Scholar.

General Information

Country / RegionPakistan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequencybi-monthly

StatusActive

Total Publications3,152

Publisher OrgThe Army Press

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✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Army Medical College

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2411-8842

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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?

LOCKSS, 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

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

2019

2020

578

590

2021

636

468

2022

603

347

2023

393

119

2024

481

2025

305

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)

Anesthesia and Pain ManagementCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentHealth and Well-being StudiesCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesDental Research and COVID-19Anesthesia and Sedative AgentsAirway Management and Intubation TechniquesPregnancy and preeclampsia studiesInnovations in Medical Education

Frequently asked questions about Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal

Is Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pakistan Armed Forces 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 Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal?

Pakistan Armed Forces 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 0.126.

Is Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.