| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (all) | 46 / 669 | 93rd | Q1 |
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MedScience
MedScience is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Higher Education Press Limited Company.
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Publisher: Higher Education Press Limited Company
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is MedScience indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2026, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.
What quartile is MedScience in Scopus?
MedScience is Q1 in Medicine (all) (rank 46 of 669), by CiteScore 2025.
What is the impact factor of MedScience?
MedScience is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 93rd percentile of its subject.
Who publishes MedScience and what is its ISSN?
MedScience is published by Higher Education Press Limited Company. Its print ISSN is 3091-4973 and its online ISSN is 3091-4981.
Is MedScience covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is MedScience in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Is MedScience open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is MedScience? — open metrics via OpenAlex
MedScience has an h-index of 2 and a 2-year mean of 0.26 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #448 of 646 Scopus journals in Medicine (all).
MedScience published 32 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.
Who publishes in MedScience? — latest 87 articles, 2025–2026
In its latest 87 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (77.2%), United States (9.2%) and Russia (2.3%). 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.
Are there integrity warnings for MedScience? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
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.
- Scopus statusActive
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
- Author concentration77.2% of recent authorship from China
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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