Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (all)
Sahel Medical Journal
ISSN 1118-8561 · eISSN 2321-6689 · Wolters Kluwer Health · India
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Sahel Medical Journal: fully open access; review about 47 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from December 2022 (Volume 25, Issue 4): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sahel Medical Journal is published by Wolters Kluwer Health. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Global Maternal and Child Health, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, together about 22.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
To evaluate the types of cardiomyopathies, presentation and outcome among children admitted into a tertiary hospital in Sokoto. Methods. A hospital based prospective study of children aged below 15 years who were seen over an 8.5-year period. A proforma was used to collect the information on their socio-demographics, type of cardiomyopathy, associated presentations and outcome. Data was analysed using IBM SPSS version 25.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Editor-in-chief Mansur O RajiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine8.3%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine7.3%
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersMedicine6.5%
- Reproductive Health and ContraceptionMedicine5.6%
- Urological Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine5.6%
- Malaria Research and ControlMedicine5.2%
- Maternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsMedicine5%
- Maternal and fetal healthcareMedicine4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Medicine | Q3 | 429/636 | 32nd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 90OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,104 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 126 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 229 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 263 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 333 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | 348 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 375 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 47 weeksLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1118-8561
- Electronic ISSN
- 2321-6689
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 25, Issue 4 (December 2022)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sahel Medical Journal
How long does peer review take at Sahel Medical Journal?
Authors report an average review time of about 47 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Sahel Medical Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sahel Medical Journal is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Sahel Medical Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Sahel Medical Journal is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .