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Issues in Law and Medicine

Nat. Legal Center Medic. Dependent and Disabled Inc. · United States · Est. 1971

ISSN8756-8160eISSN2377-6463

SJR Q4✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.147

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.273

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Issues in Law and Medicine is a peer-reviewed journal that covers topics including civil rights, disabled persons, jurisprudence, medical legislation, patient advocacy, and the United States.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

FrequencyThree No. A Year, 1999-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications93

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Nat. Legal Center Medic. Dependent and Disabled Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

8756-8160 / 2377-6463

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

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2024

2025

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.

Health PolicyQ4

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsQ4

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Law

Scopus Categories

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsMedicine (miscellaneous)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics in medical practicePalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareEmpathy and Medical EducationGrief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthReproductive Health and TechnologiesMedical Malpractice and Liability IssuesReproductive Health and ContraceptionAnesthesia and Sedative AgentsPrenatal Screening and Diagnostics

Frequently asked questions about Issues in Law and Medicine

Is Issues in Law and Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Issues in Law and Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Issues in Law and Medicine?

Issues in Law and 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 0.33.

Is Issues in Law and Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Issues in Law and Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.