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Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Wolters Kluwer Health · United States · Est. 1999

ISSN2641-5895

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total88

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

185

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 144d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Fast · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.501

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.567

Total Worksi

365

Total Citationsi

1,283

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Obstetrics & Gynecology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Obstetrics and Gynecology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications365

Publisher OrgWolters Kluwer

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~10 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wolters Kluwer Health

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2641-5895

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

220

2019

268

2020

393

2021

221

2022

2023

145

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.

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ2

Obstetrics and GynecologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Scopus Categories

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthObstetrics and Gynecology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pregnancy and preeclampsia studiesMaternal and fetal healthcareMaternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsGestational Diabetes Research and ManagementPrenatal Screening and DiagnosticsAssisted Reproductive Technology and Twin PregnancyBirth, Development, and HealthEctopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and ManagementPreterm Birth and ChorioamnionitisCOVID-19 Impact on Reproduction

Frequently asked questions about Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Is Maternal-Fetal Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Maternal-Fetal Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 88/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine?

Maternal-Fetal Medicine 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 1.02.

Is Maternal-Fetal Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Maternal-Fetal Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Maternal-Fetal Medicine?