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Journal of Sun Yat-sen University (Medical Sciences) is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.5), DOAJ. Published by Editorial Office of Journal of Sun Yat-sen University.
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ISSN 1672-3554Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Editorial Office of Journal of Sun Yat-sen University
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | 397 / 466 | 14th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.5.
Journal of Sun Yat-sen University (Medical Sciences) is Q4 in Medicine (miscellaneous) (rank 397 of 466), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Sun Yat-sen University (Medical Sciences) 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 0.5, quartile Q4, 14th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.122, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 4.
Journal of Sun Yat-sen University (Medical Sciences) is published by Editorial Office of Journal of Sun Yat-sen University. Its ISSN is 1672-3554.
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 Sun Yat-sen University (Medical Sciences) has an h-index of 4 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #413 of 451 Scopus journals in Medicine (miscellaneous).
Journal of Sun Yat-sen University (Medical Sciences) published 110 papers in 2002; its busiest recent year was 2000 with 127. 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.
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.
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