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JAMA Network Open

American Medical Association · United States · Est. 1867

ISSN2574-3805eISSN2574-3805

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

3.507

H-Indexi

224

SNIPi

2.696

Total Worksi

15,932

Total Citationsi

461,084

2yr Mean Citednessi

7.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine, General & Internal; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1867

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications15,932

Publisher OrgAmerican Medical Association

OA Since2017

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Medical Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2574-3805 / 2574-3805

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

N/A

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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

1.1k

66k

2019

1.7k

115k

2020

2.1k

101k

2021

2.4k

76k

2022

2.3k

64k

2023

2.5k

45k

2024

2.6k

19k

2025

1.8k

1.4k

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)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare Policy and ManagementOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeGlobal Cancer Incidence and ScreeningDiversity and Career in MedicinePrimary Care and Health OutcomesSubstance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsCOVID-19 and Mental Health

Frequently asked questions about JAMA Network Open

Is JAMA Network Open a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for JAMA Network Open: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 JAMA Network Open?

JAMA Network Open 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 7.52.

Is JAMA Network Open indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JAMA Network Open is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of JAMA Network Open?