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South African Medical Journal

South African Medical Association

South AfricaMedicine (miscellaneous) (Q3)ISSN-matched source record
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Q3Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
70H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.371SJR (2025)
1945-2026Coverage

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).

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2025-03-04. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY-NC
Peer-review processDouble anonymous peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 7440 ZAR
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightNo
Reported submission-to-publication time10 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2022 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)0256-9574, 2078-5135
ISSN-L0256-9574
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationHealth and Medical Publishing Group
Publisher country codeZA
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex7,289
Citations recorded in OpenAlex48,957
OpenAlex H-index67
Years represented in OpenAlex1917–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

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.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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