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Status
Inactive/Discontinued
Coverage
2017–2023
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
SJR · SCImago
0.941
Q1 SJR quartile
H-index
41
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CMAJ Open
CMAJ Open is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Canadian Medical Association.
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ISSN 2291-0026Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Canadian Medical Association
Scopus · Inactive
0
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Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
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Open accessNot registered as fully open access
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is CMAJ Open indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2017–2023).
What is the impact factor of CMAJ Open?
CMAJ Open has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.941, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 41.
Who publishes CMAJ Open and what is its ISSN?
CMAJ Open is published by Canadian Medical Association. Its ISSN is 2291-0026.
Is CMAJ Open in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is CMAJ Open open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed CMAJ Open for 7 years, between 2017 and 2023. Coverage ended in 2023, 3 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 1,076 works and 22,861 citations for the title. Its papers appear as late as 2025, 2 years after Scopus coverage ended in 2023. That pattern fits a journal Scopus stopped indexing while it kept publishing, but it can also come from a changed ISSN or merged records. Confirm the journal's current status before submitting.
How well cited is CMAJ Open? — open metrics via OpenAlex
CMAJ Open has an h-index of 63 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
63
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
674
i10-index
1,076
works indexed
22,861
total citations
CMAJ Open published 1 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 156. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in CMAJ Open? — latest 96 articles, 2023
In its latest 96 research articles (2023), authors are most often from Canada (72%), United States (10.6%) and United Kingdom (3.9%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for CMAJ Open? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2023. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2023
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
- Author concentration72% of recent authorship from Canada
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.
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