Journal profile · Health Care Sciences & Services
American Journal of Medical Quality
ISSN 1062-8606 · eISSN 1555-824X · SAGE Publications Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1992
American Journal of Medical Quality: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.13; JCR Q4 (journal website); hybrid open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 69 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American Journal of Medical Quality is published by SAGE Publications Inc. 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 Healthcare Policy and Management, Patient Safety and Medication Errors and Primary Care and Health Outcomes, together about 27.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Health Care Sciences & Services
Editor-in-chief Pranavi V. SreeramojuPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.8%
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions9.7%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions8.4%
- Patient Satisfaction in HealthcareHealth Professions7.6%
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions6%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine4.9%
- Medical Malpractice and Liability IssuesHealth Professions4.9%
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 | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES · rank 171/194
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 1.13LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 829OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.49OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 18.63%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,421 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 72 | 32 | 9 |
| 2025 | 69 | 17 | 34 |
| 2024 | 45 | 7 | 48 |
| 2023 | 62 | 17 | 235 |
| 2022 | 71 | 19 | 250 |
| 2021 | 92 | 21 | 432 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- SAGE Publications Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1992
- ISSN
- 1062-8606
- Electronic ISSN
- 1555-824X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 41, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American Journal of Medical Quality
What CAS zone is American Journal of Medical Quality in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American Journal of Medical Quality is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services. 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 American Journal of Medical Quality?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.13; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 77.
How long does peer review take at American Journal of Medical Quality?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
What JCR quartile is American Journal of Medical Quality in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES Q4 (171/194). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index American Journal of Medical Quality?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American Journal of Medical Quality is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is American Journal of Medical Quality open access, and what is the APC?
American Journal of Medical Quality is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .