
Academic Journal
Q3South African Medical Journal
About South African Medical Journal
South African Medical Journal is a scholarly journal published by South African Medical Association. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q3, with an SJR of 0.371 and H-index of 70.
Coverage: 1945-2026. Research categories: Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q3).
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Topics in published research
HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses; HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions; Primary Care and Health Outcomes; Global Maternal and Child Health; Child and Adolescent Health; Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.
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Self-perceived body image and its influence on weight management among adults in South Africa
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J Robinson, K Sankar, R Parker, S Chetty et al.
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2025.v116i8.3659Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in children and young adults in Botswana
E Tefera, M Z Patel, M Pazdernik, R Roland et al.
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2025.v116i8.4286The cost-effectiveness of prehospital versus in-hospital thrombolysis for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in South Africa
A Lynch, W Stassen, K Werner
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2025.v116i8.4094GLP-1 receptor agonists and the skin: A suggested addition to the SAMJ obesity series
M Swart
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2025.v116i8.5557Four-year mortality and ART outcomes among adults with HIV and microbiologically confirmed tuberculosis during early ULAM rollout at a Cape Town district hospital
A Howard, L Mapahla, D Maughan
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2025.v116i8.4405Clinician-scientist pathways at the University of the Witwatersrand: A model to grow clinician-scientists in South Africa
Z Dangor, A N Wade, S G Lala, D Kruger et al.
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2025.v116i8.4692The burden of antenatally undiagnosed major congenital anomalies in live-born babies at a busy secondary-level maternity hospital in Western Cape Province
M F Amankrah, E Kalk, A M Van Niekerk
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2025.v116i8.4340The prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in South Africa: A study in a Free State Province community
J G Louw, M Broodryk, D Viljoen, L Olivier et al.
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2025.v116i8.3660Evaluation of paediatric platelet product use in South Africa, 2014 - 2021
L Bolton, R Swanevelder, P-L Wessels, T N Glatt et al.
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2025.v116i8.4310Professor Solomon Benatar’s legacy in transforming bioethics in global health research
Q Abdool Karim, J Mohan
2026-08-06 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2026.v116i6b.3843The primacy of care
A Kleinman
2026-08-06 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2026.v115i6b.3705Creating caring health professionals: Current challenges and opportunities in medical education
K Stinson, D Daneman
2026-08-06 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2026.v116i6b.4038It is time to heed Solomon Benatar’s call to disrupt the global research ethics paradigm
J V Lavery, R E G Upshur, P A Singer, E M Meslin et al.
2026-08-06 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2026.v116i6b.4040A Festschrift in honour of Professor Solomon Benatar’s contributions to medicine, academia and society
N A B Ntusi, G Meintjes, M Setshedi
2026-08-06 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2026.v116i6b.5108Notes on the political economy of planetary health – with reflections on prospects for the ‘symbiocene’ and the ‘post-modern princess’
I Bakker, S Gill
2026-08-06 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2026.v116i6b.3718The University of Cape Town Department of Medicine from 1980 to 2025: 45 years of growth, transformation and rising to challenges
G Meintjes, N Ntusi, V Burch, J Seggie et al.
2026-08-06 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2026.v116i6b.4729The changing landscape of diagnosing HIV-associated tuberculosis
G Maartens
2026-08-06 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2026.v116i6b.3965Health sector reforms in South Africa: Evaluating financing models for universal health coverage in the post-apartheid era
S Cleary, M Haji, G C Solanki
2026-08-06 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2026.v116i6b.4039Data science and AI in medicine and global health: The need for inter-philosophies dialogue, cross-cultural ethics and ecocentricity
N S Munung, G B Tangwa
2026-08-06 · DOI: 10.7196/samj.2026.v116i6b.3662Reviews
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