Journal profile · Medicine, General & Internal
American Journal of Medicine
ISSN 0002-9343 · eISSN 1555-7162 · Elsevier Inc. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1946
American Journal of Medicine: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.83; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,770; review about 13 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 487 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
American Journal of Medicine is published by Elsevier Inc. and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, together about 16.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Official Publication of the Alliance for Academic Internal MedicineThe American Journal of Medicine - "The Green Journal" - publishes original clinical research of interest to physicians in internal medicine, both in academia and community-based practice. AJM is the official journal of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, a prestigious group comprising internal medicine department chairs at more than 125 medical schools across the U.S. Each issue carries useful reviews as well as seminal articles of immediate interest to the practicing physician, including peer-reviewed, original scientific studies that have direct clinical significance and position papers on health care issues, medical education, and public policy.AJM publishes studies performed by multi-center groups in the various disciplines of medicine, including clinical trials and cohort studies from large patient populations, specifically:Phase I, phase II, and phase III studies performed under the auspices of groups such as general clinical research centers and cooperative oncology groups.Reports of patients with common presentations or diseases, especially studies that delineate the natural history and therapy of important conditions.Reviews oriented to the practicing internist and diagnostic puzzles, complete with images, from a variety of specialties.Careful physiological or pharmacological studies that explain normal function or the body's response to disease.Analytic reviews such as meta-analyses and decision analyses, that use a formal structure to summarize an important field.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine, General & Internal
Editor-in-chief Joseph AlpertPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 3, United States 2, Italy 2, Russia 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine5.7%
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesMedicine5.3%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine5.3%
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesMedicine5.1%
- Electrolyte and hormonal disordersMedicine4.7%
- Heart Failure Treatment and ManagementMedicine4.6%
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasMedicine4.5%
- Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
- 5.83LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 212LetPub ·
- h-index
- 388OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18,032OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.89OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.65%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 167LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 34,867 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 409 | 131 | 94 |
| 2025 | 487 | 217 | 848 |
| 2024 | 451 | 246 | 1,604 |
| 2023 | 402 | 302 | 3,174 |
| 2022 | 435 | 226 | 3,559 |
| 2021 | 502 | 217 | 5,396 |
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
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (56% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 53 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,770 / EUR 3,530 / GBP 3,020 / JPY 467,590 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 3,770 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 1–7
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted17
- aaim perspectivesAAIM PerspectivesLength not stated
- advance high value health careAdvance High Value Health CareLength not stated
- brief observationBrief ObservationLength not stated
- clinical communication to the editorClinical Communication to the EditorLength not stated
- clinical effectivenessClinical EffectivenessLength not stated
- clinical research studyClinical Research StudyLength not stated
- commentaryClinical Research Study, Review, Images in Dermatology, Images in Radiology, Diagnostic Dilemma, ECG Image of the Month, Advance High Value Health Care, Brief O…Length not stated
- diagnostic dilemmaDiagnostic DilemmaLength not stated
- ecg image of the monthECG Image of the MonthLength not stated
- images in dermatologyImages in DermatologyLength not stated
- images in radiologyImages in RadiologyLength not stated
- letter to the editorClinical Research Study, Review, Images in Dermatology, Images in Radiology, Diagnostic Dilemma, ECG Image of the Month, Advance High Value Health Care, Brief O…Length not stated
- medical humanitiesMedical HumanitiesLength not stated
- original researchClinical Research Study, Review, Images in Dermatology, Images in Radiology, Diagnostic Dilemma, ECG Image of the Month, Advance High Value Health Care, Brief O…Length not stated
- personomicsPersonomicsLength not stated
- perspectiveClinical Research Study, Review, Images in Dermatology, Images in Radiology, Diagnostic Dilemma, ECG Image of the Month, Advance High Value Health Care, Brief O…Length not stated
- reviewClinical Research Study, Review, Images in Dermatology, Images in Radiology, Diagnostic Dilemma, ECG Image of the Month, Advance High Value Health Care, Brief O…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI use
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Group authorship
Group authorship refers to the attribution of an article to a defined and named group of authors whose members have contributed to the work. Examples include research consortia, clinical trial groups, collaborative networks, task forces or working groups, expert panels or consensus groups, and participatory research groups. Group authorship must be declared on the title page at submission. When av…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interests
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. Examples of potential competing interests include:EmploymentConsultanciesStock ownershipHonorariaPaid expert testimonyPatent applications or registrationsGrants or any other fundingAffiliation with the journal as an Editor or Advisory Board …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright License options
Authors will be offered open access user license options which will determine how you, and third parties, can reuse your open access article. We advise that you review these options and any funding body license requirements before selecting a license option.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
We refer you to our open access information page to learn about open access options for this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
This journal follows a double anonymized review process. Your submission will initially be assessed by our editors. If your submission is deemed suitable, it will typically be sent to be reviewed by a minimum of one reviewer for an independent expert assessment of the scientific quality. The decision as to whether your article is accepted or rejected for publication will be made by our editors.Rea…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint sharingAuthors may share preprints in line with Elsevier's article sharing policy. Sharing preprints, such as on a preprint server, will not count as prior publication.We advise you to read our policy on multiple, redundant or concurrent publication. In support of Open Science, this journal offers its authors a free preprint posting service on SSRN, Elsevier’s preprint and early research …
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
- Elsevier Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1946
- ISSN
- 0002-9343
- Electronic ISSN
- 1555-7162
- Society / sponsor
- Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about American Journal of Medicine
What CAS zone is American Journal of Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, American Journal of Medicine is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of American Journal of Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.83; CiteScore 5.9, h-index 388.
How long does peer review take at American Journal of Medicine?
The publisher reports about 13 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of 3–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”. 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 are the manuscript requirements of American Journal of Medicine?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 1–7; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of American Journal of Medicine based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (3), United States (2) and Italy (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index American Journal of Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, American Journal of Medicine is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is American Journal of Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
American Journal of Medicine is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,770.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .