Journal profile · MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
AME Medical Journal
ISSN 2520-0518 · AME Publishing Company
AME Medical Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 0.8 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; 18 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AME Medical Journal is published by AME Publishing Company and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Liver Disease and Transplantation and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, together about 30.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AME Medical Journal (ISSN 2520-0518; AME Med J; AMJ; amj.amegroups.com; amj.amegroups.org) is an international, Open Access, peer-reviewed journal, aiming at promoting developments in the medical field. The mission of AMJ is to provide high-quality evidence to guide clinical decision making for better global health outcomes. AME Medical Journal is indexed and covered by Web of Science [Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)], and received its latest impact factor of 0.8 for the year 2025.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 8%); most named United States 11, Italy 8, Germany 4, Mainland China 3, Japan 3 (38 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine11.7%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine10.4%
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine8.7%
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and ResearchMedicine5.5%
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.3%
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicine4.3%
- Pleural and Pulmonary DiseasesMedicine4.3%
- Bladder and Urothelial Cancer TreatmentsMedicine4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 42LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 633 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 9 |
| 2024 | 75 | 75 | 135 |
| 2023 | 41 | 41 | 49 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 64 |
| 2021 | 58 | 58 | 175 |
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.
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 | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted6
- brief reportBrief Report | Medical Tests and Health Care: NursingLength not stated
- case reportCase Report | Internal Medicine: EndocrinologyLength not stated
- editorial commentaryEditorial Commentary | Surgery: Urological SurgeryLength not stated
- images in clinical medicineImages in Clinical Medicine | Pediatrics: Pediatric MedicineLength not stated
- original articleOriginal Article | Scientometrics, Informatics, Media and Communication: BibliometricsLength not stated
- review articleReview Article | Surgery: OrthopedicsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- Publication ethics
Data and Reproducibility Policy of Screening for Plagiarism Process Policy of Dealing with Allegations of Research Misconduct Model summary
Data and Reproducibility Policy of Screening for Plagiarism Process Policy of Dealing with Allegations of Research Misconduct
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
For open access publishing, this journal uses an exclusive licensing agreement. Authors will transfer copyright to AME Publishing Company, but will have the right to share their article in the same way permitted to third parties under the relevant user license, as well as certain scholarly usage rights.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Statement
AME Medical 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 ·
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
- AME Publishing Company
- ISSN
- 2520-0518
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AME Medical Journal
What CAS zone is AME Medical Journal in?
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 Medical Journal?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.8; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.2, h-index 18.
Where are the editorial board members of AME Medical Journal based?
Of the 38 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 8%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (11), Italy (8) and Germany (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index AME Medical Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AME Medical Journal is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is AME Medical Journal open access, and what is the APC?
AME Medical Journal is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .