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Open access

Scottish Medical Journal

SAGE
SAGE
ISSN: 00369330, 20456441
SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
1.4
SJR
0.551
CiteScore
4.8
Categories
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Areas
Medicine
Years of issue
1956-2025
journal names
Scottish Medical Journal
SCOT MED J
Publications
7 291
Citations
24 459
h-index
48
Publications
171
Citations
4 171
Top-3 citing journals
The Lancet
The Lancet (732 citations)
Scottish Medical Journal
Scottish Medical Journal (696 citations)
Stroke
Stroke (176 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow (298 publications)
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh (222 publications)
University of Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen (129 publications)
University of Dundee
University of Dundee (16 publications)
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh (7 publications)
University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow (6 publications)
Top-3 countries
United Kingdom (3328 publications)
USA (69 publications)
Turkey (58 publications)
United Kingdom (78 publications)
China (23 publications)
Turkey (17 publications)

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