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Journal of Medical Regulation

Federation of State Medical Boards · United States · Est. 2002

ISSN2572-1852

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.

📊 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

0.476

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.148

Total Worksi

657

Total Citationsi

3,675

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Medical Regulation is a peer-reviewed journal for the U.S. and global medical regulatory community. It shares new knowledge and best practices about physician licensure and discipline.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 38 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications657

OA Since2014

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?

Federation of State Medical Boards

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2572-1852

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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

139

2019

2020

128

2021

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.

EducationQ2

LPN and LVNQ2

Health PolicyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LPN and LVNHealth PolicyEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Medical Malpractice and Liability IssuesInnovations in Medical EducationGlobal Health Workforce IssuesOccupational and Professional Licensing RegulationDiversity and Career in MedicineHealthcare Quality and ManagementPharmaceutical industry and healthcareEthics in medical practiceHealthcare Policy and ManagementPatient Safety and Medication Errors

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Medical Regulation

Is Journal of Medical Regulation a predatory journal?

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

Journal of Medical Regulation is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.476.

Is Journal of Medical Regulation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Medical Regulation is indexed in Scopus.