Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Aims & Scope

The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh is the College’s quarterly, peer-reviewed journal, with an international circulation of 8,000.

It has three main emphases – clinical medicine, education and medical history and humanities.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	1.10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	20306

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	183

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.215

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	34

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, Medicine and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Qualitative research in healthcare: An introduction to grounded theory using thematic analysis

  Citation: 497

  Authors: AL, M, CJ

• Retrospective Studies – Utility and Caveats

  Citation: 463

  Authors: Keerthi, Mohit

• Cognitive Bias in Clinical Medicine

  Citation: 253

  Authors: ED, SJ

• Simulation in Medical Education

  Citation: 216

  Authors: Hing Yu, Phoon Ping, George Kwok Chu, Tony Tung Ning

• Physicians’ health practices strongly influence patient health practices

  Citation: 168

  Authors: EB, E

• A readability assessment of online Parkinson’s disease information

  Citation: 164

  Authors: PR, BD, JL, GO

• Frailty and its quantitative clinical evaluation

  Citation: 119

  Authors: P, K

• The differential diagnosis of suspected stroke: a systematic review

  Citation: 112

  Authors: LM, W

• Better clinical decision making and reducing diagnostic error

  Citation: 102

  Authors: P, GR

• The history of Ephedra (ma-huang)

  Citation: 98

  Authors: MR

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