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Coverage
2019
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Cogent Medicine
Cogent Medicine is not currently indexed in Scopus, DOAJ. Published by Cogent OA.
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ISSN 2331-205XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Cogent OA
Scopus · InactiveOpen Access
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Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Cogent Medicine indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2019).
What is the impact factor of Cogent Medicine?
Cogent Medicine 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.
How much does it cost to publish in Cogent Medicine?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,165 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes Cogent Medicine and what is its ISSN?
Cogent Medicine is published by Cogent OA. Its ISSN is 2331-205X.
Is Cogent Medicine in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Cogent Medicine open access?
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Cogent Medicine for 1 year, in 2019. Coverage ended in 2019, 7 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 473 works and 5,228 citations for the title. Its papers appear as late as 2021, 2 years after Scopus coverage ended in 2019. That pattern fits a journal Scopus stopped indexing while it kept publishing, but it can also come from a changed ISSN or merged records. Confirm the journal's current status before submitting.
How well cited is Cogent Medicine? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Cogent Medicine has an h-index of 32 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
32
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
165
i10-index
473
works indexed
5,228
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$1,165
Cogent Medicine published 44 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 123. 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 Cogent Medicine? — latest 43 articles, 2021
In its latest 43 research articles (2021), authors are most often from Ethiopia (18.6%), Ghana (12.8%) and Uganda (8.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Cogent Medicine? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2019. 2 retracted papers are recorded (4.2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2019
- Retracted papers 2 · 4.2 per 1,000 papers
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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