ImpaQ Ecosystem•Clarivate, Scopus & CORE Data
Clarivate WoS 2024 / 2025 Data
IMPAQ
WoS ESCI Q3Scopus Q4SCImago #20,135Gold OA

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports

Identifier (ISSN):2050-313X(Print)
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Publisher:SAGE Publishing
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (ESCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)
0.6– 0
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q3
WoS ESCIJCR Quartile
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2023–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for SAGE Open Medical Case Reports

WoS Q3
01120.820230.620240.620250.62026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):0.6
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q4
0.232
#20,135

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
12

12 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: ESCIQ3
Self-Citation Rate0%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessGold OA
233articles/year
100% Gold OA•88.41% Original Research

Aims & Scope

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports (indexed in PubMed Central) is a peer reviewed, open access journal. It aims to provide a publication home for short case reports and case series, which often do not find a place in traditional primary research journals, but provide key insights into real medical cases that are essential for physicians, and may ultimately help to improve patient outcomes. SAGE Open Medical Case Reports does not limit content due to page budgets or thematic significance. Papers are subject to rigorous peer review and are selected on the basis of whether the research is sound and deserves publication. By virtue of not restricting papers to a narrow discipline, SAGE Open Medical Case Reports facilitates the discovery of the connections between papers, whether within or between disciplines. Case reports can span the full spectrum of medicine across the health sciences in the broadest sense, including: Allergy/Immunology Anaesthesia/Pain Cardiovascular Critical Care/ Emergency Medicine Dentistry Dermatology Diabetes/Endocrinology Epidemiology/Public Health Gastroenterology/Hepatology Geriatrics/Gerontology Haematology Infectious Diseases Mental Health/Psychiatry Nephrology Neurology Nursing Obstetrics/Gynaecology Oncology Ophthalmology Orthopaedics/Rehabilitation/Occupational Therapy Otolaryngology Palliative Medicine Pathology Pharmacoeconomics/health economics Pharmacoepidemiology/Drug safety Psychopharmacology Radiology Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology/ Clinical Immunology Sports Medicine Surgery Toxicology Urology Women's Health.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Medicine92.2%Biology79.9%Internal medicine79.9%Surgery73%Pathology58.6%Radiology52.3%Genetics45.5%Psychology41.2%Psychiatry37.4%Immunology31.8%Anatomy27.3%Chemistry23.8%Endocrinology22%Cardiology21.1%Biochemistry20.3%
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRESCI2026

MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

Q3
Rank227/336
IndexESCI
JCIESCI2026

MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

Q3
Rank206/336
IndexESCI

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF0.6
Articles / Year122
Total Citations12
2025
IF0.6
Articles / Year266
Total Citations133
2024
IF0.6
Articles / Year450
Total Citations547
2023
IF0.8
Articles / Year341
Total Citations902
2022
IF—
Articles / Year278
Total Citations860

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #20,135Scopus Q4SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2013-2015, 2017-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Medicine
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q4
0.232

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q4
Citations / Doc (2 years)
0.68

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$2,475 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations753
3-Year Documents1,067
Citable Documents1,067

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate45.4%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 0%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
4区 (Zone 4)Medicine
Minor Category (Specific Field):
4区MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports (ISSN: 2050-313X) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of MEDICINE, published by SAGE Publishing in United States. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 0.60, ranking in quartile Q3 of Web of Science (ESCI), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.232 (Q4), an H-index of 12.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 233 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Gold OA model with an estimated APC of $2,475 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Gold OA
Publisher
SAGE Publishing
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
ESCIScopusDOAJPubMed

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