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Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences

University of Rwanda College of Medicine and Health Sciences · Rwanda · Est. 2018

ISSN2616-9827

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

0.213

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.186

Total Worksi

290

Total Citationsi

726

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences publishes topics relevant to various health related fields. It is a peer-reviewed journal published three times a year.

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

General Information

Country / RegionRwanda

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2018

Annual Volume~ 45 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications290

Publisher OrgAfrican Journals OnLine

OA Since2017

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC 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

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Rwanda College of Medicine and Health Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2616-9827

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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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

155

2019

209

2020

152

2021

119

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Maternal and Child HealthChild Nutrition and Water AccessAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthGlobal Health and SurgeryHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsNeonatal Respiratory Health ResearchReproductive Health and ContraceptionBreastfeeding Practices and InfluencesMobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsCancer Research and Treatment

Frequently asked questions about Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences

Is Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences: 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 Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences?

Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.213.

Is Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.