Journal profile · Medicine-Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Annals of Palliative Medicine
ISSN 2224-5820 · eISSN 2224-5839 · AME Publishing Company · PEOPLES R CHINA
Annals of Palliative Medicine: impact factor 1.57; fully open access; median 80 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); 75 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annals of Palliative Medicine is published by AME Publishing Company. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Palliative and Oncologic Care and Pain Management and Opioid Use, together about 47% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Annals of Palliative Medicine (Ann Palliat Med; Print ISSN 2224-5820; Online ISSN 2224-5839) is an open access, international, peer-reviewed journal. Publishing quarterly from April 2012 to July 2019, bimonthly from August 2019 to December 2020, and monthly from January 2021 to December 2022, APM is currently published bimonthly (January, March, May, July, September, November). The aim of the journal is to provide up-to-date and cutting-edge information and professional support for health care providers in palliative medicine disciplines to improve the quality of life for patients and their families and caregivers. For more information, please refer to: https://apm.amegroups.org/article/view/119214/html.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Editor-in-chief Charles B. Simone IIPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine21.4%
- Palliative and Oncologic CareMedicine18%
- Pain Management and Opioid UseMedicine7.6%
- Cancer survivorship and careMedicine4.2%
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine3.9%
- Management of metastatic bone diseaseMedicine3.8%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine3.4%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine3.2%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced and Specialized Nursing | Q2 | 21/60 | 65th |
| Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine | Q3 | 64/124 | 48th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Removed from SCIE on 20 March 2023. CAS Early Warning Journal List: listed in the 2021 edition (low risk); not listed in the other 5 editions.LetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEWeb of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedPublisher website
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
- 1.57LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,198OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.98OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.8%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 1,418LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,189 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 79 | 79 | 4,666 |
| 2025 | 75 | 75 | 6,322 |
| 2024 | 139 | 139 | 6,729 |
| 2023 | 193 | 193 | 6,072 |
| 2022 | 378 | 378 | 5,268 |
| 2021 | 1,256 | 1,256 | 3,420 |
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
80 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 58 days – 106 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 51 days (24 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 132 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (172 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).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Article types accepted14
- case reportManuscript categories Word limit Abstract Key words Main text Reference Tables and Figures Structure template Original Article No limit Structured with Backgrou…Length not stated
- case seriesCase Series 2,500 max. Structured with Background, Case Description, and Conclusions; 200–350 words 3–5 Structured as Introduction, Case Presentation, Discussio…Length not stated
- clinical practice guidelineClinical Practice Guideline No limit Structured with Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions; 200–350 words 3–5 Include Introduction, Methods, main body* …Length not stated
- clinical practice review-Clinical Practice Review 6,000 max. Unstructured; 200–350 words 3–5 Structured as Introduction, main body*, and Conclusions. No limit No limit DownloadLength not stated
- editorial2.10.1 EditorialAn Editorial is defined as a comment on an article or articles published in the current journal or written in-house by the journal’s editors to …Length not stated
- expert consensusExpert Consensus No limit Structured with Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions; 200–350 words 3–5 Include Introduction, Methods, main body* (Contain cl…Length not stated
- literature reviewManuscript categories Word limit Abstract Key words Main text Reference Tables and Figures Structure template Original Article No limit Structured with Backgrou…Length not stated
- mini-review-Mini-Review 3,000 max. Unstructured; 200–350 words 3–5 Unstructured 30 max. 3 max. NALength not stated
- narrative/literature review-Narrative/Literature Review 6,000 max. Structured with Background and Objective, Methods, Key Content and Findings, and Conclusions; 200–350 words 3–5 Include …Length not stated
- original articleManuscript categories Word limit Abstract Key words Main text Reference Tables and Figures Structure template Original Article No limit Structured with Backgrou…Length not stated
- reviewManuscript categories Word limit Abstract Key words Main text Reference Tables and Figures Structure template Original Article No limit Structured with Backgrou…Length not stated
- review articleManuscript categories Word limit Abstract Key words Main text Reference Tables and Figures Structure template Original Article No limit Structured with Backgrou…Length not stated
- scoping review-Scoping Review 6,000 max. Structured with Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions; 200–350 words 3–5 Structured as Introduction, Methods, Results, Discus…Length not stated
- systematic reviewManuscript categories Word limit Abstract Key words Main text Reference Tables and Figures Structure template Original Article No limit Structured with Backgrou…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism
- Authorship 3.2 Authorship and Author contributions
3.2.1 AuthorshipAuthors should meet all four of the ICMJE’s authorship criteria listed below for authorship (1):
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
ICMJE Recommendations, COPE Code of Conduct, WAME policy Model summary
APM 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 6. COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSIONS
For specifications, please refer to: https://apm.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 ·- Plagiarism
Data and Reproducibility Policy of Screening for Plagiarism Process Model summary
Data and Reproducibility Policy of Screening for Plagiarism Process
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
- Country or region
- PEOPLES R CHINA
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2224-5820
- Electronic ISSN
- 2224-5839
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annals of Palliative Medicine
What is the impact factor of Annals of Palliative Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.57; CiteScore 2, h-index 56.
How long does peer review take at Annals of Palliative Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 80 days (interquartile range 58–106 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 Annals of Palliative Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annals of Palliative Medicine is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE, Web of Science, MEDLINE and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Annals of Palliative Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Annals of Palliative Medicine is a fully open-access 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .