Journal profile · MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
AME Case Reports
ISSN 2523-1995
AME Case Reports: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.6 (journal website); fully open access; no APC; median 66 days to acceptance (100 articles, last 24 months); 133 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AME Case Reports 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 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Tracheal and airway disorders, together about 20.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AME Case Reports (ACR, AME Case Rep, Online ISSN: 2523-1995) is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal publishing original and educationally valuable case reports in all medical disciplines. ACR has been indexed by PubMed/PubMed Central (PMC) and Web of Science [Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)]. ACR received its latest impact factor of 0.6 for the year 2025. The journal aims to provide clinical information on common and rare cases for healthcare professionals, researchers and others.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Pleural and Pulmonary DiseasesMedicine8.1%
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine6%
- Tracheal and airway disordersMedicine6%
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.2%
- Thyroid and Parathyroid SurgeryMedicine4.8%
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.4%
- Lung Cancer Treatments and MutationsMedicine4.4%
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia StudiesMedicine4.4%
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
ESCILetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPubMedPublisher website
Other: Ovid
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) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.62OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 170LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 776 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 218 | 218 | 20 |
| 2025 | 133 | 133 | 75 |
| 2024 | 145 | 145 | 214 |
| 2023 | 56 | 56 | 112 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 106 |
| 2021 | 50 | 50 | 190 |
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 PubMed · to
66 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 51 days – 88 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 40 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 106 days
- Sample
- 100 articles with submission and acceptance dates (324 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
- Peer review
- Open peer reviewPublisher website
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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 accepted5
- case reportWhen the number of patients in the article is ≤3, the article will be classified as a Case Report.Length not stated
- case report: imdt cornerStructured with Background, Case Description, and Conclusions; 200–350 wordsLength not stated
- case seriesCase Series is an article reporting observations of diseases, clinical findings, or novel/unique treatment outcomes that are relevant to several participants/pa…Length not stated
- editorialEditorial 2,500 max. Not required 3–5 Unstructured No limit 2 max.Length not stated
- letter to the editorLetter to the Editor 1,000 max. Not required Not required Unstructured 10 max. 1 max.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship 3.2 Authorship and Author contributions
3.2.1 Authorship Authors should meet all four of the ICMJE’s authorship criteria listed below for authorship (1):
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
ICMJE, COPE, WAME Model summary
ACR adheres to the ICMJE’s Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals (1), COPE’s Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (2), and WAME’s policy (3) for generating this author instruction.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright 5. COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSIONS
For specifications, please refer to: https://acr.amegroups.org/page/about/copyright-and-permission
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Statement
This journal is a peer reviewed, open access journal. All content of the journal is published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). All articles published open access will be immediately and permanently free for all to read, download, copy and distribute as defined by the applied license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Implementation of transparent peer review at AME Case Reports (ACR)
Published by AME Publishing Company; open access; peer-reviewed; transparent peer review implemented as an option from March 19, 2020; bimonthly frequency from January 2026. Model summary
With a commitment to openness and accountability, and to increase the level of transparency throughout our peer review process, our editorial office has decided to implement a transparent peer review process as an option for all manuscripts submitted to ACR from March 19, 2020. Read More>>
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
- ISSN
- 2523-1995
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AME Case Reports
What CAS zone is AME Case Reports in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, AME Case Reports 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 AME Case Reports?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.6 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 11.
How long does peer review take at AME Case Reports?
Based on the dates recorded on 100 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 66 days (interquartile range 51–88 days). 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 AME Case Reports?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AME Case Reports is indexed in ESCI. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is AME Case Reports open access, and what is the APC?
AME Case Reports is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .