Journal profile · MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Alexandria Journal of Medicine
ISSN 2090-5068 · eISSN 2090-5076 · Taylor & Francis Group · United Kingdom
Alexandria Journal of Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.5 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 750; median 99 days to acceptance (27 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 68% (journal website); 12 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Alexandria Journal of Medicine is published by Taylor & Francis Group and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Human auditory perception and evaluation and Educational Robotics and Engineering, together about 28.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published by Medknow from 2026. Visit theirwebsite to find out more. Alexandria Journal of Medicine is a peer-reviewed, international, open access journal that publishes research in the broad field of medical sciences. Alexandria Journal of Medicine has a particular focus on diseases of high prevalence in the Middle East and North Africa and comparisons to their profile worldwide. Contributions are welcome from all over the world to encourage interregional scientific collaborations. The journal publishes original research articles, review articles and clinical trials. Alexandria Journal of Medicine operates a double anonymized peer review policy.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.1%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering9.5%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science8.5%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine6.7%
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsMedicine4.6%
- Hepatitis C virus researchMedicine3.7%
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicine3.7%
- Glioma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceEmbasePublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Naver, OCLC, Portico, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, WorldCat Local (OCLC), Journal TOC, EZB - Electronic Journals Library, DTU Findit, Microsoft Academic, E-lib Breman, Publons, Zetoc, Africa Journals Online, Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), JUFO, Finland, NHN - Naver Academic
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2024
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2024
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 226OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.91OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 107,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 731 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 19 |
| 2024 | 65 | 65 | 51 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 32 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 52 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 192 |
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
99 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 34 days – 173 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (27 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 119 days
- Sample
- 27 articles with submission and acceptance dates (39 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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 68%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 30 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 34 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 750 | Yes | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 750 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 750 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 4 Mar 2025Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Alexandria Journal of Medicine is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership of your article Make an impact and reach new readers, not jus…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
double anonymized peer review Model summary
Alexandria Journal of Medicine operates a double anonymized peer review policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2090-5068
- Electronic ISSN
- 2090-5076
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 61, Issue 1 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Alexandria Journal of Medicine
What CAS zone is Alexandria Journal of Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Alexandria Journal of Medicine is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Alexandria Journal of Medicine?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.5 (2024); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 39.
How long does peer review take at Alexandria Journal of Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 27 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 99 days (interquartile range 34–173 days); authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 68%. 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 Alexandria Journal of Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Alexandria Journal of Medicine is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Alexandria Journal of Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Alexandria Journal of Medicine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 750.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .