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Status
Inactive/Discontinued
Coverage
2019–2022
Source type
Journal
Open access
Yes
SJR · SCImago
0.121
Q4 SJR quartile
H-index
6
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Sahel Medical Journal
Sahel Medical Journal is not currently indexed in Scopus, DOAJ. Published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications.
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ISSN 1118-8561Verify ISSN ↗2321-6689Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
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Quick answers
Is Sahel Medical Journal indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2019–2022).
What is the impact factor of Sahel Medical Journal?
Sahel Medical Journal has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.121, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 6.
Who publishes Sahel Medical Journal and what is its ISSN?
Sahel Medical Journal is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. Its print ISSN is 1118-8561 and its online ISSN is 2321-6689.
Is Sahel Medical Journal in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Sahel Medical Journal open access?
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Sahel Medical Journal for 4 years, between 2019 and 2022. Coverage ended in 2022, 4 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 1,106 works and 3,065 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2022, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2022, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Sahel Medical Journal? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Sahel Medical Journal has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
22
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
88
i10-index
1,106
works indexed
3,065
total citations
Sahel Medical Journal published 22 papers in 2022; its busiest recent year was 2015 with 47. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in Sahel Medical Journal? — latest 41 articles, 2021–2022
In its latest 41 research articles (2021–2022), authors are most often from Nigeria (79.3%), India (12.2%) and Australia (2.4%). 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 Sahel Medical Journal? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2022. 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 statusInactive — coverage ended 2022
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
- Author concentration79.3% of recent authorship from Nigeria
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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