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Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journalopen access

Country

Puerto Rico

Universities and research institutions in Puerto Rico
Media Ranking in Puerto Rico

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus

Universidad de Puerto Rico in Scimago Institutions Rankings

H-Index

30

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

07380658

Coverage

1985-2023

Information

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How to publish in this journal

valerie.wojna1@upr.edu

Scope

The Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal (PRHSJ) is the scientific journal of the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus. It was founded in 1982 as a vehicle for the publication of reports on scientific research conducted in-campus, Puerto Rico and abroad. All published work is original and peer-reviewed. The PRHSJ is included in PubMed/Medline, SCOPUS, Latindex, EBSCO, SHERPA/RoMEO, Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch®) and Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition. All papers are published both online and in hard copy. From its beginning, the PRHSJ is being published regularly four times a year. The scope of the journal includes a range of medical, dental, public health, pharmaceutical and biosocial sciences research. The journal publishes full-length articles, brief reports, special articles, reviews, editorials, case reports, clinical images, and letters arising from published material. Join the conversation about this journal
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)2000Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2001Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2002Q3
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)2018Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2019Q3
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
19990.142
20000.111
20010.131
20020.123
20030.183
20040.114
20050.136
20060.155
20070.172
20080.145
20090.154
20100.192
20110.201
20120.273
20130.261
20140.353
20150.292
20160.326
20170.376
20180.220
20190.210
20200.214
20210.191
20220.161
20230.157
Total Documents

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

YearDocuments
199947
200047
200148
200245
200356
200449
200538
200644
200746
200860
200946
201059
201137
201242
201332
201437
201549
201637
201742
201857
201960
202041
202135
202249
202355
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)19990.154
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20000.164
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20010.216
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20020.156
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20030.246
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20040.189
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20050.273
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20060.309
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20070.358
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20080.367
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20090.420
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.526
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.564
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.856
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.783
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.747
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.635
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.556
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.658
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.564
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.481
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.663
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20210.670
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20220.492
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20230.449
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19990.154
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20000.109
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20010.254
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20020.169
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20030.236
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.161
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20050.307
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20060.322
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20070.397
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20080.320
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20090.447
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.526
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.576
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.915
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.746
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.712
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.712
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.568
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.512
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.673
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.627
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20220.434
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20230.392
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19990.077
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20000.099
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20010.213
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20020.168
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20030.204
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20040.168
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20050.276
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20060.264
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20070.329
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20080.244
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.425
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.557
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.610
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.927
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.608
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.662
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.826
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.535
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.558
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.456
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.444
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.641
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.485
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20220.434
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.321
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 Cites19990
Self Cites20000
Self Cites20010
Self Cites20020
Self Cites20034
Self Cites20040
Self Cites20050
Self Cites20060
Self Cites20070
Self Cites20084
Self Cites20094
Self Cites20105
Self Cites20114
Self Cites201220
Self Cites201314
Self Cites20146
Self Cites20156
Self Cites20161
Self Cites20175
Self Cites20184
Self Cites201910
Self Cites20202
Self Cites20214
Self Cites20224
Self Cites20233
Total Cites199920
Total Cites200015
Total Cites200135
Total Cites200224
Total Cites200333
Total Cites200424
Total Cites200546
Total Cites200646
Total Cites200752
Total Cites200841
Total Cites200967
Total Cites201080
Total Cites201195
Total Cites2012130
Total Cites2013103
Total Cites201479
Total Cites201579
Total Cites201667
Total Cites201763
Total Cites201864
Total Cites201968
Total Cites2020107
Total Cites202199
Total Cites202259
Total Cites202349
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 document19990.154
External Cites per document20000.109
External Cites per document20010.254
External Cites per document20020.169
External Cites per document20030.207
External Cites per document20040.161
External Cites per document20050.307
External Cites per document20060.322
External Cites per document20070.397
External Cites per document20080.289
External Cites per document20090.420
External Cites per document20100.493
External Cites per document20110.552
External Cites per document20120.775
External Cites per document20130.645
External Cites per document20140.658
External Cites per document20150.658
External Cites per document20160.559
External Cites per document20170.472
External Cites per document20180.469
External Cites per document20190.426
External Cites per document20200.660
External Cites per document20210.601
External Cites per document20220.404
External Cites per document20230.368
Cites per document19990.154
Cites per document20000.109
Cites per document20010.254
Cites per document20020.169
Cites per document20030.236
Cites per document20040.161
Cites per document20050.307
Cites per document20060.322
Cites per document20070.397
Cites per document20080.320
Cites per document20090.447
Cites per document20100.526
Cites per document20110.576
Cites per document20120.915
Cites per document20130.746
Cites per document20140.712
Cites per document20150.712
Cites per document20160.568
Cites per document20170.512
Cites per document20180.500
Cites per document20190.500
Cites per document20200.673
Cites per document20210.627
Cites per document20220.434
Cites per document20230.392
% 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
19990.00
20000.00
20010.00
20020.00
20033.57
20040.00
20050.00
20060.00
20070.00
200828.33
200919.57
201025.42
20118.11
201245.24
201331.25
201429.73
201520.41
201624.32
201733.33
201822.81
201911.67
202019.51
202122.86
202214.29
202316.36
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 documents19994
Non-citable documents20003
Non-citable documents20014
Non-citable documents20025
Non-citable documents20034
Non-citable documents20044
Non-citable documents20054
Non-citable documents20063
Non-citable documents20073
Non-citable documents20082
Non-citable documents20094
Non-citable documents20107
Non-citable documents201115
Non-citable documents201214
Non-citable documents201319
Non-citable documents201410
Non-citable documents201512
Non-citable documents201612
Non-citable documents201712
Non-citable documents201814
Non-citable documents20199
Non-citable documents202011
Non-citable documents20218
Non-citable documents20225
Non-citable documents20237
Citable documents1999126
Citable documents2000135
Citable documents2001134
Citable documents2002137
Citable documents2003136
Citable documents2004145
Citable documents2005146
Citable documents2006140
Citable documents2007128
Citable documents2008126
Citable documents2009146
Citable documents2010145
Citable documents2011150
Citable documents2012128
Citable documents2013119
Citable documents2014101
Citable documents201599
Citable documents2016106
Citable documents2017111
Citable documents2018114
Citable documents2019127
Citable documents2020148
Citable documents2021150
Citable documents2022131
Citable documents2023118
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 documents1999117
Uncited documents2000125
Uncited documents2001115
Uncited documents2002119
Uncited documents2003115
Uncited documents2004132
Uncited documents2005120
Uncited documents2006114
Uncited documents200797
Uncited documents2008100
Uncited documents2009104
Uncited documents2010108
Uncited documents2011110
Uncited documents201277
Uncited documents201379
Uncited documents201463
Uncited documents201570
Uncited documents201677
Uncited documents201785
Uncited documents201891
Uncited documents201993
Uncited documents202099
Uncited documents2021103
Uncited documents2022104
Uncited documents202389
Cited documents199913
Cited documents200013
Cited documents200123
Cited documents200223
Cited documents200325
Cited documents200417
Cited documents200530
Cited documents200629
Cited documents200734
Cited documents200828
Cited documents200946
Cited documents201044
Cited documents201155
Cited documents201265
Cited documents201359
Cited documents201448
Cited documents201541
Cited documents201641
Cited documents201738
Cited documents201837
Cited documents201943
Cited documents202060
Cited documents202155
Cited documents202232
Cited documents202336
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
199932.73
200048.57
200150.00
200257.41
200344.68
200444.92
200553.85
200637.60
200745.64
200839.78
200941.73
201048.59
201143.20
201247.15
201348.78
201445.45
201552.00
201641.30
201749.13
201848.33
201948.73
202047.06
202147.83
202252.32
202358.93
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton19990
Overton20000
Overton20010
Overton20020
Overton20030
Overton20040
Overton20050
Overton20060
Overton20070
Overton20080
Overton20090
Overton20100
Overton20110
Overton20120
Overton20130
Overton20140
Overton20150
Overton20160
Overton20170
Overton20180
Overton20190
Overton20200
Overton20210
Overton20220
Overton20230
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evoution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG201837
SDG201927
SDG202018
SDG202116
SDG202223
SDG202332
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