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African Journal of Paediatric Surgery is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.8), DOAJ. Published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications.
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ISSN 0189-6725Verify ISSN ↗0974-5998Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | 314 / 597 | 47th | Q3 |
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | 191 / 351 | 45th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–2024, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.8.
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery is Q3 in Surgery (rank 314 of 597) and Q3 in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (rank 191 of 351), by CiteScore 2025.
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q3, 47th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.239, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 25.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$150 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. Its print ISSN is 0189-6725 and its online ISSN is 0974-5998.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery has an h-index of 32 and a 2-year mean of 0.32 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #461 of 585 Scopus journals in Surgery.
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery published 50 papers in 2024; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 89. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 89 research articles (2026), authors are most often from India (36.7%), Nigeria (13.5%) and Türkiye (5.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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