Scimago Journal & Country Rank

West Indian Medical Journalopen access

Country

Jamaica

Universities and research institutions in Jamaica
Media Ranking in Jamaica

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

University of the West Indies

University of the West Indies, Mona Campus in Scimago Institutions Rankings

H-Index

37

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

00433144

Coverage

1954-2019, 2021-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

rainford.wilks@uwimona.edu.jm

Scope

The Journal is international in scope, with author and editorial contributions from across the globe. The focus is on clinical and epidemiological aspects of tropical and infectious diseases, new and re-emerging infections, chronic non-communicable diseases, and medical conditions prevalent in the Latin America-Caribbean region, and of significance to global health, especially in developing countries. The Journal covers all medical disciplines, as well as basic and translational research elucidating the pathophysiologic basis of diseases or focussing on new therapeutic approaches, and publishes original scientific research, reviews, case reports, brief communications, letters, commentaries and medical images. The Journal publishes four to six issues and four supplements annually. English is the language of publication but Abstracts are also duplicated in Spanish. Most of the articles are submitted at the authors’ initiative, but some are solicited by the Editor-in-Chief. Unless expressly stated, the Editorial Board does not accept responsibility for authors’ opinions. All papers on submission are reviewed by a subcommittee. Those deemed worthy for review are sent to two or three reviewers (one of the three might be a statistician if necessary). The returned papers with reviewer comments are reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief. Papers may be rejected, accepted or sent back to authors for revision. Resubmitted papers from authors are reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief and may be sent back to reviewers or a final decision made by Editor-in-Chief. The decision of the Editorial Board is final with regards to rejected articles. Rejected articles will not be returned to the authors. The editorial subcommittee has the right to return sub-standard manuscripts to the authors, rather than passing them on to the reviewers. This implies outright rejection of the manuscript.
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Medicine (miscellaneous)1999Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2000Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2001Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2002Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2003Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2004Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2005Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2006Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2007Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2008Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2009Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2010Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2011Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2012Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2013Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2014Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2015Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2016Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2017Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2018Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2019Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2020Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2021Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2022Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2023Q4
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
19990.207
20000.149
20010.170
20020.164
20030.183
20040.164
20050.160
20060.166
20070.181
20080.186
20090.170
20100.176
20110.235
20120.185
20130.232
20140.199
20150.204
20160.197
20170.174
20180.125
20190.111
20200.118
20210.120
20220.105
20230.117
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
199971
2000107
2001130
2002114
200398
2004101
200596
2006105
2007119
2008121
2009131
2010156
2011126
2012226
2013191
2014186
201558
2016101
2017133
201879
201923
20200
2021100
202228
202315
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)19990.212
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20000.192
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20010.279
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20020.220
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20030.209
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20040.236
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20050.262
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20060.308
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20070.320
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20080.568
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20090.354
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.384
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.419
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.532
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.437
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.524
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.413
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.434
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.388
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.274
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.186
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.113
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20210.132
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20220.079
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20230.199
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19990.212
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20000.158
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20010.255
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20020.185
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20030.188
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.228
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20050.249
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20060.315
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20070.311
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20080.381
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20090.322
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.385
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.377
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.390
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.441
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.462
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.347
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.363
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.362
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.178
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.102
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.106
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.157
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20220.073
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20230.172
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19990.181
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20000.136
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20010.247
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20020.165
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20030.156
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20040.179
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20050.221
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20060.325
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20070.204
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20080.326
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.271
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.254
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.247
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.365
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.338
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.403
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.225
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.230
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.340
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.107
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.090
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.078
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.174
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20220.050
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.172
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites19993
Self Cites20006
Self Cites200121
Self Cites200226
Self Cites200318
Self Cites200430
Self Cites200512
Self Cites200614
Self Cites200715
Self Cites200825
Self Cites20099
Self Cites20101
Self Cites201127
Self Cites201245
Self Cites201329
Self Cites201422
Self Cites20150
Self Cites20163
Self Cites20177
Self Cites20182
Self Cites20190
Self Cites20200
Self Cites20210
Self Cites20220
Self Cites20230
Total Cites199929
Total Cites200026
Total Cites200161
Total Cites200257
Total Cites200366
Total Cites200478
Total Cites200578
Total Cites200693
Total Cites200794
Total Cites2008122
Total Cites2009111
Total Cites2010143
Total Cites2011154
Total Cites2012161
Total Cites2013224
Total Cites2014251
Total Cites2015209
Total Cites2016158
Total Cites2017125
Total Cites201852
Total Cites201932
Total Cites202025
Total Cites202116
Total Cites20229
Total Cites202322
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document19990.190
External Cites per document20000.121
External Cites per document20010.167
External Cites per document20020.101
External Cites per document20030.137
External Cites per document20040.140
External Cites per document20050.211
External Cites per document20060.268
External Cites per document20070.262
External Cites per document20080.303
External Cites per document20090.296
External Cites per document20100.383
External Cites per document20110.311
External Cites per document20120.281
External Cites per document20130.384
External Cites per document20140.422
External Cites per document20150.347
External Cites per document20160.356
External Cites per document20170.342
External Cites per document20180.171
External Cites per document20190.102
External Cites per document20200.106
External Cites per document20210.157
External Cites per document20220.073
External Cites per document20230.172
Cites per document19990.212
Cites per document20000.158
Cites per document20010.255
Cites per document20020.185
Cites per document20030.188
Cites per document20040.228
Cites per document20050.249
Cites per document20060.315
Cites per document20070.311
Cites per document20080.381
Cites per document20090.322
Cites per document20100.385
Cites per document20110.377
Cites per document20120.390
Cites per document20130.441
Cites per document20140.462
Cites per document20150.347
Cites per document20160.363
Cites per document20170.362
Cites per document20180.178
Cites per document20190.102
Cites per document20200.106
Cites per document20210.157
Cites per document20220.073
Cites per document20230.172
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
19991.41
20000.00
20012.31
20020.88
200315.31
200413.86
200517.71
200610.48
200721.01
200814.05
200915.27
20103.21
201110.32
201218.58
201310.99
201416.13
201515.52
20167.92
201716.54
201818.99
201917.39
20200
202112.00
20223.57
20230.00
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents19999
Non-citable documents200013
Non-citable documents200119
Non-citable documents200228
Non-citable documents200340
Non-citable documents200453
Non-citable documents200558
Non-citable documents200653
Non-citable documents200749
Non-citable documents200843
Non-citable documents200945
Non-citable documents201045
Non-citable documents201155
Non-citable documents201260
Non-citable documents201367
Non-citable documents201467
Non-citable documents201570
Non-citable documents201655
Non-citable documents201755
Non-citable documents201844
Non-citable documents201938
Non-citable documents202018
Non-citable documents20214
Non-citable documents202214
Non-citable documents202316
Citable documents1999128
Citable documents2000152
Citable documents2001220
Citable documents2002280
Citable documents2003311
Citable documents2004289
Citable documents2005255
Citable documents2006242
Citable documents2007253
Citable documents2008277
Citable documents2009300
Citable documents2010326
Citable documents2011353
Citable documents2012353
Citable documents2013441
Citable documents2014476
Citable documents2015533
Citable documents2016380
Citable documents2017290
Citable documents2018248
Citable documents2019275
Citable documents2020217
Citable documents202198
Citable documents2022109
Citable documents2023112
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents1999114
Uncited documents2000143
Uncited documents2001197
Uncited documents2002261
Uncited documents2003296
Uncited documents2004289
Uncited documents2005257
Uncited documents2006215
Uncited documents2007229
Uncited documents2008242
Uncited documents2009268
Uncited documents2010279
Uncited documents2011320
Uncited documents2012300
Uncited documents2013364
Uncited documents2014384
Uncited documents2015478
Uncited documents2016333
Uncited documents2017273
Uncited documents2018248
Uncited documents2019289
Uncited documents2020213
Uncited documents202189
Uncited documents2022115
Uncited documents2023110
Cited documents199923
Cited documents200022
Cited documents200142
Cited documents200247
Cited documents200355
Cited documents200453
Cited documents200556
Cited documents200680
Cited documents200773
Cited documents200878
Cited documents200977
Cited documents201092
Cited documents201188
Cited documents2012113
Cited documents2013144
Cited documents2014159
Cited documents2015125
Cited documents2016102
Cited documents201772
Cited documents201844
Cited documents201924
Cited documents202022
Cited documents202113
Cited documents20228
Cited documents202318
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