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Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by The Japan Society of Coloproctology.
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ISSN 2432-3853Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: The Japan Society of Coloproctology
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (all) | 234 / 669 | 65th | Q2 |
| Nursing (all) | 64 / 144 | 55th | Q2 |
| Clinical Biochemistry | 93 / 124 | 25th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.4.
Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon is Q2 in Medicine (all) (rank 234 of 669), Q2 in Nursing (all) (rank 64 of 144) and Q3 in Clinical Biochemistry (rank 93 of 124), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 65th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.468, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 12.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,507 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.
Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon is published by The Japan Society of Coloproctology. Its ISSN is 2432-3853.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon has an h-index of 23 and a 2-year mean of 1.41 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #200 of 646 Scopus journals in Medicine (all).
Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon published 61 papers in 2025. 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 95 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Japan (87.7%), South Korea (4.2%) and China (2.1%). 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.
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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