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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
6.3
SJR
2.098
CiteScore
6.6
Years of issue
2024-2026
journal names
Communications Medicine
COMMUN MED-LONDON
Publications
1 355
Citations
11 603
h-index
44
Publications
1 355
Citations
10 853

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Scientific Reports
240 citations, 2.07%
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143 citations, 1.23%
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109 citations, 0.94%
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100 citations, 0.86%
npj Digital Medicine
99 citations, 0.85%
Vaccines
97 citations, 0.84%
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95 citations, 0.82%
PLoS ONE
95 citations, 0.82%
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81 citations, 0.7%
Journal of Clinical Medicine
74 citations, 0.64%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
69 citations, 0.59%
Cureus
64 citations, 0.55%
Frontiers in Public Health
61 citations, 0.53%
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51 citations, 0.44%
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47 citations, 0.41%
Nature Medicine
45 citations, 0.39%
Vaccine
43 citations, 0.37%
Journal of Medical Internet Research
43 citations, 0.37%
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41 citations, 0.35%
Computers in Biology and Medicine
40 citations, 0.34%
Frontiers in Medicine
40 citations, 0.34%
IEEE Access
36 citations, 0.31%
Biomedicines
35 citations, 0.3%
bioRxiv
34 citations, 0.29%
BMC Infectious Diseases
33 citations, 0.28%
BMC Public Health
31 citations, 0.27%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
29 citations, 0.25%
iScience
27 citations, 0.23%
Sensors
27 citations, 0.23%
Nutrients
25 citations, 0.22%
Heliyon
24 citations, 0.21%
Antibiotics
23 citations, 0.2%
JAMA network open
23 citations, 0.2%
Frontiers in Microbiology
23 citations, 0.2%
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22 citations, 0.19%
Bioengineering
22 citations, 0.19%
npj Precision Oncology
22 citations, 0.19%
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21 citations, 0.18%
Frontiers in Oncology
21 citations, 0.18%
Analytical Chemistry
21 citations, 0.18%
European Heart Journal
20 citations, 0.17%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
20 citations, 0.17%
PLoS Computational Biology
20 citations, 0.17%
Cells
20 citations, 0.17%
Frontiers in Neurology
19 citations, 0.16%
BMJ Open
19 citations, 0.16%
Frontiers in Pharmacology
19 citations, 0.16%
Frontiers in Endocrinology
19 citations, 0.16%
International Journal of Medical Informatics
17 citations, 0.15%
Genes
17 citations, 0.15%
The Lancet
17 citations, 0.15%
Diabetologia
17 citations, 0.15%
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
17 citations, 0.15%
PLOS Global Public Health
17 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Translational Medicine
16 citations, 0.14%
EBioMedicine
16 citations, 0.14%
PLOS Digital Health
16 citations, 0.14%
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
15 citations, 0.13%
Biosensors
15 citations, 0.13%
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15 citations, 0.13%
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
15 citations, 0.13%
Biomedical Optics Express
15 citations, 0.13%
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15 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Pathology Informatics
15 citations, 0.13%
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15 citations, 0.13%
BMC Medicine
15 citations, 0.13%
eLife
15 citations, 0.13%
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15 citations, 0.13%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
14 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Hospital Infection
14 citations, 0.12%
Epidemics
14 citations, 0.12%
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
14 citations, 0.12%
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14 citations, 0.12%
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14 citations, 0.12%
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14 citations, 0.12%
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14 citations, 0.12%
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13 citations, 0.11%
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13 citations, 0.11%
Frontiers in Neuroscience
13 citations, 0.11%
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13 citations, 0.11%
npj Vaccines
13 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Infectious Diseases
13 citations, 0.11%
JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
13 citations, 0.11%
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12 citations, 0.1%
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12 citations, 0.1%
Nature Biomedical Engineering
12 citations, 0.1%
BMC Cancer
12 citations, 0.1%
Lab on a Chip
12 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
12 citations, 0.1%
BMJ
12 citations, 0.1%
Discover Oncology
12 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
11 citations, 0.09%
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11 citations, 0.09%
Clinical Infectious Diseases
11 citations, 0.09%
Informatics in Medicine Unlocked
11 citations, 0.09%
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11 citations, 0.09%
EClinicalMedicine
11 citations, 0.09%
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11 citations, 0.09%
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11 citations, 0.09%
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11 citations, 0.09%
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Springer Nature
2434 citations, 20.98%
Elsevier
2221 citations, 19.14%
MDPI
1142 citations, 9.84%
Wiley
682 citations, 5.88%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
675 citations, 5.82%
Frontiers Media S.A.
560 citations, 4.83%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
325 citations, 2.8%
Oxford University Press
293 citations, 2.53%
Taylor & Francis
280 citations, 2.41%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
212 citations, 1.83%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
181 citations, 1.56%
SAGE
162 citations, 1.4%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
123 citations, 1.06%
BMJ
123 citations, 1.06%
JMIR Publications
118 citations, 1.02%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
59 citations, 0.51%
American Society for Microbiology
56 citations, 0.48%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
56 citations, 0.48%
American Medical Association (AMA)
50 citations, 0.43%
IOP Publishing
43 citations, 0.37%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
37 citations, 0.32%
Mary Ann Liebert
30 citations, 0.26%
Cambridge University Press
29 citations, 0.25%
Baishideng Publishing Group
26 citations, 0.22%
IGI Global
26 citations, 0.22%
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
25 citations, 0.22%
AME Publishing Company
25 citations, 0.22%
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
25 citations, 0.22%
Research Square Platform LLC
24 citations, 0.21%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
23 citations, 0.2%
F1000 Research
22 citations, 0.19%
Walter de Gruyter
21 citations, 0.18%
The Royal Society
21 citations, 0.18%
Optica Publishing Group
20 citations, 0.17%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
18 citations, 0.16%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
18 citations, 0.16%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
17 citations, 0.15%
S. Karger AG
17 citations, 0.15%
AIP Publishing
16 citations, 0.14%
The Endocrine Society
16 citations, 0.14%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
15 citations, 0.13%
American Physiological Society
15 citations, 0.13%
American Diabetes Association
15 citations, 0.13%
eLife Sciences Publications
15 citations, 0.13%
Hindawi Limited
15 citations, 0.13%
Medknow
14 citations, 0.12%
Annual Reviews
13 citations, 0.11%
PeerJ
12 citations, 0.1%
OAE Publishing Inc.
12 citations, 0.1%
IntechOpen
12 citations, 0.1%
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
11 citations, 0.09%
EDP Sciences
10 citations, 0.09%
Massachusetts Medical Society
10 citations, 0.09%
American Society for Clinical Investigation
9 citations, 0.08%
Emerald
8 citations, 0.07%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
8 citations, 0.07%
Spandidos Publications
8 citations, 0.07%
Pleiades Publishing
7 citations, 0.06%
Microbiology Society
7 citations, 0.06%
Mark Allen Group
7 citations, 0.06%
PAGEPress Publications
7 citations, 0.06%
Media Sphere Publishing House
7 citations, 0.06%
AOSIS
7 citations, 0.06%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
6 citations, 0.05%
American Academy of Pediatrics
6 citations, 0.05%
Edizioni Minerva Medica
6 citations, 0.05%
American Physical Society (APS)
6 citations, 0.05%
European Respiratory Society (ERS)
6 citations, 0.05%
Brieflands
6 citations, 0.05%
American Society of Hematology
5 citations, 0.04%
American Roentgen Ray Society
5 citations, 0.04%
Royal College of Psychiatrists
5 citations, 0.04%
IMR Press
4 citations, 0.03%
World Scientific
4 citations, 0.03%
IOS Press
4 citations, 0.03%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
4 citations, 0.03%
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)
4 citations, 0.03%
SciELO
4 citations, 0.03%
Scientific Scholar
4 citations, 0.03%
ifmbe proceedings
3 citations, 0.03%
Tsinghua University Press
3 citations, 0.03%
American College of Physicians
3 citations, 0.03%
American Geophysical Union
3 citations, 0.03%
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine
3 citations, 0.03%
Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
3 citations, 0.03%
Beilstein-Institut
3 citations, 0.03%
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing
3 citations, 0.03%
The American Association of Immunologists
3 citations, 0.03%
Apex Publishing
3 citations, 0.03%
Rockefeller University Press
2 citations, 0.02%
Impact Journals
2 citations, 0.02%
Arizona State University
2 citations, 0.02%
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2 citations, 0.02%
Pensoft Publishers
2 citations, 0.02%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2 citations, 0.02%
University of Naples Federico II
2 citations, 0.02%
American Public Health Association
2 citations, 0.02%
Moffitt Cancer Center
2 citations, 0.02%
Science in China Press
2 citations, 0.02%
The Electrochemical Society
2 citations, 0.02%
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Harvard University
84 publications, 6.2%
Stanford University
49 publications, 3.62%
University of Oxford
41 publications, 3.03%
University of California, San Francisco
41 publications, 3.03%
Imperial College London
40 publications, 2.95%
University College London
40 publications, 2.95%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
40 publications, 2.95%
Johns Hopkins University
36 publications, 2.66%
University of Pennsylvania
32 publications, 2.36%
Karolinska Institute
31 publications, 2.29%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
28 publications, 2.07%
University of Toronto
27 publications, 1.99%
King's College London
26 publications, 1.92%
University of Washington
26 publications, 1.92%
Columbia University
24 publications, 1.77%
Massachusetts General Hospital
24 publications, 1.77%
University of Copenhagen
23 publications, 1.7%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
22 publications, 1.62%
Duke University
22 publications, 1.62%
University of California, Los Angeles
22 publications, 1.62%
Mayo Clinic
22 publications, 1.62%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
22 publications, 1.62%
University of Hong Kong
21 publications, 1.55%
Amsterdam University Medical Center
21 publications, 1.55%
National University of Singapore
20 publications, 1.48%
University of California, San Diego
20 publications, 1.48%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
20 publications, 1.48%
Peking University
19 publications, 1.4%
University of Edinburgh
19 publications, 1.4%
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
19 publications, 1.4%
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
18 publications, 1.33%
University of Minnesota
18 publications, 1.33%
University of Amsterdam
18 publications, 1.33%
Capital Medical University
17 publications, 1.25%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17 publications, 1.25%
University of Melbourne
17 publications, 1.25%
Northwestern University
17 publications, 1.25%
Emory University
17 publications, 1.25%
Technical University of Munich
16 publications, 1.18%
ETH Zurich
16 publications, 1.18%
University of Cambridge
16 publications, 1.18%
University of Liverpool
16 publications, 1.18%
Sorbonne University
16 publications, 1.18%
Boston University
16 publications, 1.18%
Boston Children's Hospital
16 publications, 1.18%
University Medical Center Utrecht
16 publications, 1.18%
Fudan University
15 publications, 1.11%
Technische Universität Dresden
15 publications, 1.11%
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
15 publications, 1.11%
Yale University
15 publications, 1.11%
University of Sydney
15 publications, 1.11%
University of Michigan
15 publications, 1.11%
University of Tokyo
15 publications, 1.11%
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
15 publications, 1.11%
Tel Aviv University
14 publications, 1.03%
University Hospital Heidelberg
14 publications, 1.03%
University of Zurich
14 publications, 1.03%
Cornell University
14 publications, 1.03%
Monash University
14 publications, 1.03%
Washington University in St. Louis
14 publications, 1.03%
McGill University
14 publications, 1.03%
Queen Mary University of London
13 publications, 0.96%
Kyoto University
13 publications, 0.96%
Vanderbilt University
13 publications, 0.96%
Paris Cité University
13 publications, 0.96%
Leiden University Medical Center
13 publications, 0.96%
Barcelona Institute for Global Health
13 publications, 0.96%
University of Barcelona
13 publications, 0.96%
University of Florida
13 publications, 0.96%
Lund University
12 publications, 0.89%
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
12 publications, 0.89%
Helsinki University Hospital
12 publications, 0.89%
University of Gothenburg
12 publications, 0.89%
University of Southern California
12 publications, 0.89%
University of Chicago
12 publications, 0.89%
University of British Columbia
12 publications, 0.89%
McMaster University
12 publications, 0.89%
University of Calgary
12 publications, 0.89%
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
12 publications, 0.89%
Tsinghua University
11 publications, 0.81%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
11 publications, 0.81%
Humboldt University of Berlin
11 publications, 0.81%
University of Helsinki
11 publications, 0.81%
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
11 publications, 0.81%
Copenhagen University Hospital
11 publications, 0.81%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
11 publications, 0.81%
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
11 publications, 0.81%
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
11 publications, 0.81%
University Hospital of Bern
10 publications, 0.74%
University of Milan
10 publications, 0.74%
Autonomous University of Barcelona
10 publications, 0.74%
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
10 publications, 0.74%
Oregon Health & Science University
10 publications, 0.74%
Ohio State University
10 publications, 0.74%
University of Arizona
10 publications, 0.74%
Helmholtz Zentrum München
10 publications, 0.74%
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
10 publications, 0.74%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
10 publications, 0.74%
University of Cincinnati
10 publications, 0.74%
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
10 publications, 0.74%
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USA, 311, 22.95%
USA
311 publications, 22.95%
United Kingdom, 140, 10.33%
United Kingdom
140 publications, 10.33%
Germany, 60, 4.43%
Germany
60 publications, 4.43%
China, 55, 4.06%
China
55 publications, 4.06%
Canada, 43, 3.17%
Canada
43 publications, 3.17%
Japan, 38, 2.8%
Japan
38 publications, 2.8%
Australia, 35, 2.58%
Australia
35 publications, 2.58%
Netherlands, 35, 2.58%
Netherlands
35 publications, 2.58%
France, 30, 2.21%
France
30 publications, 2.21%
Sweden, 29, 2.14%
Sweden
29 publications, 2.14%
Switzerland, 28, 2.07%
Switzerland
28 publications, 2.07%
Denmark, 24, 1.77%
Denmark
24 publications, 1.77%
Italy, 21, 1.55%
Italy
21 publications, 1.55%
India, 20, 1.48%
India
20 publications, 1.48%
Spain, 20, 1.48%
Spain
20 publications, 1.48%
Belgium, 19, 1.4%
Belgium
19 publications, 1.4%
Israel, 17, 1.25%
Israel
17 publications, 1.25%
Austria, 14, 1.03%
Austria
14 publications, 1.03%
Singapore, 14, 1.03%
Singapore
14 publications, 1.03%
Finland, 14, 1.03%
Finland
14 publications, 1.03%
Norway, 12, 0.89%
Norway
12 publications, 0.89%
Portugal, 9, 0.66%
Portugal
9 publications, 0.66%
Brazil, 9, 0.66%
Brazil
9 publications, 0.66%
Kenya, 9, 0.66%
Kenya
9 publications, 0.66%
Republic of Korea, 9, 0.66%
Republic of Korea
9 publications, 0.66%
Nigeria, 7, 0.52%
Nigeria
7 publications, 0.52%
New Zealand, 7, 0.52%
New Zealand
7 publications, 0.52%
Colombia, 5, 0.37%
Colombia
5 publications, 0.37%
South Africa, 5, 0.37%
South Africa
5 publications, 0.37%
Greece, 4, 0.3%
Greece
4 publications, 0.3%
Thailand, 4, 0.3%
Thailand
4 publications, 0.3%
Zambia, 3, 0.22%
Zambia
3 publications, 0.22%
Malawi, 3, 0.22%
Malawi
3 publications, 0.22%
Poland, 3, 0.22%
Poland
3 publications, 0.22%
Russia, 2, 0.15%
Russia
2 publications, 0.15%
Estonia, 2, 0.15%
Estonia
2 publications, 0.15%
Vietnam, 2, 0.15%
Vietnam
2 publications, 0.15%
Gambia, 2, 0.15%
Gambia
2 publications, 0.15%
Zimbabwe, 2, 0.15%
Zimbabwe
2 publications, 0.15%
Iran, 2, 0.15%
Iran
2 publications, 0.15%
Cambodia, 2, 0.15%
Cambodia
2 publications, 0.15%
Malaysia, 2, 0.15%
Malaysia
2 publications, 0.15%
Mexico, 2, 0.15%
Mexico
2 publications, 0.15%
UAE, 2, 0.15%
UAE
2 publications, 0.15%
Peru, 2, 0.15%
Peru
2 publications, 0.15%
Saudi Arabia, 2, 0.15%
Saudi Arabia
2 publications, 0.15%
Czech Republic, 2, 0.15%
Czech Republic
2 publications, 0.15%
Chile, 2, 0.15%
Chile
2 publications, 0.15%
Belarus, 1, 0.07%
Belarus
1 publication, 0.07%
Algeria, 1, 0.07%
Algeria
1 publication, 0.07%
Bangladesh, 1, 0.07%
Bangladesh
1 publication, 0.07%
Hungary, 1, 0.07%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.07%
Greenland, 1, 0.07%
Greenland
1 publication, 0.07%
Indonesia, 1, 0.07%
Indonesia
1 publication, 0.07%
Iraq, 1, 0.07%
Iraq
1 publication, 0.07%
Iceland, 1, 0.07%
Iceland
1 publication, 0.07%
Qatar, 1, 0.07%
Qatar
1 publication, 0.07%
Costa Rica, 1, 0.07%
Costa Rica
1 publication, 0.07%
Lithuania, 1, 0.07%
Lithuania
1 publication, 0.07%
Mayotte, 1, 0.07%
Mayotte
1 publication, 0.07%
Malta, 1, 0.07%
Malta
1 publication, 0.07%
Mozambique, 1, 0.07%
Mozambique
1 publication, 0.07%
Nepal, 1, 0.07%
Nepal
1 publication, 0.07%
Puerto Rico, 1, 0.07%
Puerto Rico
1 publication, 0.07%
Rwanda, 1, 0.07%
Rwanda
1 publication, 0.07%
Slovakia, 1, 0.07%
Slovakia
1 publication, 0.07%
Slovenia, 1, 0.07%
Slovenia
1 publication, 0.07%
Tanzania, 1, 0.07%
Tanzania
1 publication, 0.07%
Turkey, 1, 0.07%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.07%
Uganda, 1, 0.07%
Uganda
1 publication, 0.07%
Philippines, 1, 0.07%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.07%
Ethiopia, 1, 0.07%
Ethiopia
1 publication, 0.07%
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