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Saudi Medical Journal

Saudi Arabian Armed Forces Ministry of Defence and Activation
ISSN: 03795284, 16583175

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SCImago
Q3
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
1.5
SJR
0.420
CiteScore
2.4
Categories
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Areas
Medicine
Years of issue
1979-2023, 2025
journal names
Saudi Medical Journal
SAUDI MED J
Publications
1 927
Citations
17 958
h-index
45
Publications
166
Citations
13 929

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