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Journal of Rare Diseases is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.6), DOAJ. Published by Editorial Office of Journal of Rare Diseases.
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ISSN 2097-0501Verify ISSN ↗2731-085XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Editorial Office of Journal of Rare Diseases
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drug Guides | 8 / 10 | 25th | Q3 |
| Internal Medicine | 145 / 179 | 19th | Q4 |
| Genetics (clinical) | 89 / 100 | 11th | Q4 |
| Health Policy | 293 / 330 | 11th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2022–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.6.
Journal of Rare Diseases is Q3 in Drug Guides (rank 8 of 10), Q4 in Internal Medicine (rank 145 of 179) and Q4 in Genetics (clinical) (rank 89 of 100), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Rare Diseases 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 0.6, quartile Q3, 25th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.153, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 6.
Journal of Rare Diseases is published by Editorial Office of Journal of Rare Diseases. Its print ISSN is 2097-0501 and its online ISSN is 2731-085X.
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.
Journal of Rare Diseases has an h-index of 0 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #157 of 172 Scopus journals in Internal Medicine.
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.
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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