South African Medical Journal
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

South African Medical Journal
Overview

Impact Factor

1.614

H Index

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Impact Factor

1.36

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

South Africa
Journal ISSN: 02569574, 20785135
Publisher: South African Medical Association
History: 1945-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:
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Research Categories

Scope/Description:

The SAMJ is a monthly peer reviewed, internationally indexed, general medical journal. It carries The SAMJ is a monthly, peer-reviewed, internationally indexed, general medical journal publishing leading research impacting clinical care in Africa.The Journal is not limited to articles that have ‘general medical content’, but is intending to capture the spectrum of medical and health sciences, grouped by relevance to the country’s burden of disease. This will include research in the social sciences and economics that is relevant to the medical issues around our burden of disease The journal carries research articles and letters, editorials, clinical practice and other medical articles and personal opinion, South African health-related news, obituaries, general correspondence, and classified advertisements (refer to the section policies for further information).

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



South African Medical Journal
SCR Impact Factor

South African Medical Journal
SCR Journal Ranking

South African Medical Journal
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

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South African Medical Journal
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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South African Medical Journal
Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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South African Medical Journal
Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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South African Medical Journal
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2023 Impact Factor
    0.869 0.995 1.105
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    1.38 1.381 1.373
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    1.36 1.353 1.312
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    1.002 1.063 0.967
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    1.164 0.825 0.809
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    0.951 0.753 0.789
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    1.014 0.719 0.79
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    0.978 0.726 0.741
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    1.295 0.823 0.81
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    1.347 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    1.201 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    1.129 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    1.218 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    1.042 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    0.96 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    0.906 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    0.897 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    1.08 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    0.96 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    0.912 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    0.896 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    0.798 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    0.377 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    0.282 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?

III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

South African Medical Journal
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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South African Medical Journal
H-Index History

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