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Open access

South African Medical Journal

South African Medical Association NPC
ISSN: 02569574, 20785135
SCImago
Q3
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
1.5
SJR
0.469
CiteScore
3.0
Categories
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Areas
Medicine
Years of issue
1945-2023
Publications
2 389
Citations
21 162
h-index
44
Publications
523
Citations
15 030
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38 citations, 0.18%
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32 citations, 0.15%
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31 citations, 0.15%
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31 citations, 0.15%
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30 citations, 0.14%
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
11 citations, 0.05%
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