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Mediastinum

AME Publishing Company · China · Est. 2017

ISSN2522-6711

SJR Q2✓ 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. 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

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.594

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.292

Total Worksi

667

Total Citationsi

1,610

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.84

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Mediastinum is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal publishing papers on all benign, malignant, and metastatic diseases related to or affecting the mediastinum, such as thymic epithelial tumors, lymphomas, germ cell or neurogenic tumors and metastasis diseases including lung cancer and esophageal cancer.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2017

Annual Volume~ 90 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications667

Publisher OrgAME Publishing Company

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2018

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PubMed Central (PMC)

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

AME Publishing Company

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2522-6711

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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?

PubMed Central (PMC)

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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?

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

231

2019

312

2020

388

2021

194

2022

284

2023

116

201

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.

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ2

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingQ2

Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismQ3

OncologyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismOncologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Myasthenia Gravis and ThymomaPituitary Gland Disorders and TreatmentsLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMeningioma and schwannoma managementTracheal and airway disordersLymphatic Disorders and TreatmentsPleural and Pulmonary DiseasesNeuroblastoma Research and TreatmentsAdrenal and Paraganglionic TumorsSalivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment

Frequently asked questions about Mediastinum

Is Mediastinum a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Mediastinum: 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 Mediastinum?

Mediastinum is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.594.

Is Mediastinum indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Mediastinum is indexed in Scopus.