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Korean Journal of Medical Education is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.8), DOAJ. Published by Korean Society of Medical Education.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 2005-727XVerify ISSN ↗2005-7288Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Korean Society of Medical Education
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (all) | 273 / 669 | 59th | Q2 |
| Education | 952 / 1698 | 43rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.8.
Korean Journal of Medical Education is Q2 in Medicine (all) (rank 273 of 669) and Q3 in Education (rank 952 of 1698), by CiteScore 2025.
Korean Journal of Medical Education 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 1.8, quartile Q2, 59th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.312, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 24.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$400 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.
Korean Journal of Medical Education is published by Korean Society of Medical Education. Its print ISSN is 2005-727X and its online ISSN is 2005-7288.
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.
Korean Journal of Medical Education has an h-index of 37 and a 2-year mean of 1.79 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #161 of 646 Scopus journals in Medicine (all).
Korean Journal of Medical Education published 46 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 100 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from South Korea (47.5%), Indonesia (13%) and Malaysia (7.5%).
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.
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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