The Nigerian Medical journal is peer reviewed registered with the following abstracting partners: African Journals Online (AJOL), Baidu Scholar, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases, Ex Libris – Primo Central, Google Scholar, HINARI, Infotrieve, National Science Library, ProQuest, TDNet, Wanfang Data. The journal is indexed with or included in African Index Medicus, PubMed Central and Medline.