Journal profile
AlAzhar Assiut Medical Journal
ISSN 1687-1693 · eISSN 2536-9652 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
AlAzhar Assiut Medical Journal: fully open access; APC about USD 250; median 52 days to acceptance (126 articles, last 24 months); 92 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AlAzhar Assiut Medical Journal is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Anesthesia and Pain Management, Anesthesia and Sedative Agents and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, together about 22.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Editor-in-chief Hamdy Mahfouz MoustafaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine10.9%
- Anesthesia and Sedative AgentsMedicine6%
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsMedicine5.8%
- Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studiesMedicine5.6%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine4.9%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.7%
- Hepatitis C virus researchMedicine4.3%
- Maternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsMedicine4.3%
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
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 687 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 89 | 89 | 80 |
| 2025 | 92 | 92 | 118 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 73 |
| 2023 | 40 | 40 | 92 |
| 2022 | 58 | 58 | 107 |
| 2021 | 85 | 85 | 72 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
52 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 25 days – 97 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 173 days (128 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 231 days
- Sample
- 126 articles with submission and acceptance dates (152 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 34 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 21 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 250 | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| OpenAlex | USD 250 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 250 | No | — |
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 Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1687-1693
- Electronic ISSN
- 2536-9652
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 24, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AlAzhar Assiut Medical Journal
How long does peer review take at AlAzhar Assiut Medical Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 126 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 52 days (interquartile range 25–97 days); authors report an average review time of about 34 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 AlAzhar Assiut Medical Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AlAzhar Assiut Medical Journal is indexed in DOAJ.
Is AlAzhar Assiut Medical Journal open access, and what is the APC?
AlAzhar Assiut Medical Journal is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 250.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .