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WoS SCIE Q3Scopus Q2SCImago #5,710CAS 3区Hybrid

Medical Decision Making

Abbreviation (ISO):MED DECIS MAKING
Country: United States•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q3•Scopus SJR: 0.907•SCImago Rank: #5,710•Identifier (ISSN):0272-989X(Print)/1552-681X(Online)•Articles / Year: 129•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,437 USD
Clarivate IF (2026)Q3
2
↓ -0.3

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (2021)
93

93 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ3
Self-Citation Rate6.5%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
129articles/year
51.5% Gold OA•91.8% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

1.50pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q3(IF: 2)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20261.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 2)
🔵 Computed
20251.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 2.3)
🔵 Computed
20241.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 3.1)
🔵 Computed
20231.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 3.6)
🔵 Computed
20221.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 2.749)
🔵 Computed
20211.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 2.583)
🔵 Computed
20201.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 2.309)
🔵 Computed
20191.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 2.793)
🔵 Computed
20181.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 3.012)
🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Medical Decision Making offers rigorous and systematic approaches to decision making that are designed to improve the health and clinical care of individuals and to assist with health care policy development. Using the fundamentals of decision analysis and theory, economic evaluation, and evidence based quality assessment, Medical Decision Making presents both theoretical and practical statistical and modeling techniques and methods from a variety of disciplines.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Medicine84.1%Computer science58.5%Economics55.2%Mathematics54.2%Statistics46.9%Psychology44.7%Biology44%Internal medicine37.9%Political science35.9%Law34.4%Pathology34%Engineering31.4%Business30.4%Sociology23.4%Machine learning21.6%Physics21.3%Philosophy20.2%

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

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

Rank #5,710Scopus Q2SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1981-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Medicine
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q2
0.907

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

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q2
Scopus H-Index (2025)
129

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
2.31

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

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,437 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations657
3-Year Documents254
Citable Documents230

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 Rate53.5%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

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

Scopus Subject Categories

Health PolicyQ2

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
3区 (Zone 3)Medicine
Minor Category (Specific Field):
3区HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

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

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Hybrid
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc.
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Bimonthly
Founding Year
1981
Editorial Address
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC, 2455 TELLER RD, THOUSAND OAKS, USA, CA, 91320
Indexing & Databases
SCIESSCIScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
JCRSCIE
124/194Q3
HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
JCRSSCI
80/125Q3
MEDICAL INFORMATICS
JCRSCIE
48/54Q4
HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
JCISCIE
116/194Q3
HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
JCISSCI
88/125Q3
MEDICAL INFORMATICS
JCISCIE
38/55Q3

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

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

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—5911
20252.3100165
20243.1103303
20233.671424
20222.74988816
20212.5831373,498
20202.3091042,663
20192.7931002,010
20183.012832,347
2017—862,322
2016—913,453
2015—1083,963
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Medical Decision Making

WoS Q3
1245201820192020202120222023202420252.30
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:2.3

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 6.5%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

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

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

Record UUID: e4511d74-1470-45fe-9755-36bc94c722fe
Database Updated: 2026-10-01