Journal profile
Applied Medical Informatics
ISSN 1224-5593 · eISSN 2067-7855 · Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca · Romania
Applied Medical Informatics: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports).
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Applied Medical Informatics is published by Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, together about 21.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Astronomy and Astrophysics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Applied Medical Informatics (Appl Med Inform) publishes original research, reviews, editorials, perspectives, research letters, editorials, commentaries, technology platforms, case study, communications, and point of views in the fields of medical informatics, decision support systems and application of ICT in healthcare as well as in the area of methodology for medical research and clinical studies, dealing with medical data processing, medical signal and image processing, statistics applied in healthcare and medicine, information systems in health care, processing and expert systems, simulation and modeling.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Astrophysics and Star Formation StudiesPhysics and Astronomy8.7%
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, PhenomenaPhysics and Astronomy6.5%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studiesPhysics and Astronomy6.5%
- Electronic Health Records SystemsHealth Professions6.5%
- Astrophysical Phenomena and ObservationsPhysics and Astronomy6.5%
- Computational Drug Discovery MethodsComputer Science4.4%
- Astro and Planetary SciencePhysics and Astronomy4.4%
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition SystemsComputer Science4.4%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 31 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 200–250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted2
- original articlespublishes high-quality original articles and reviewsLength not stated
- reviewspublishes high-quality original articles and reviewsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Applied Medical Informatics adheres to ethical standards of publishing medical research. Our journal follows the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
All papers published in the journal are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) International License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global knowledge exchange. Copyright and Licensing The authors retain the copyright of all articles published in Applied Medical Informatics. Articles, excepting exceptional circumstances, are licensed under an open access Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 lic…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
No publication fees Model summary
Being of utter importance for filtering high-quality research and for maintaining journal focus, peer review is systematically used for all papers sent to our journal. All papers submitted to the journal are subjected to single-blind (only reviewers are anonymous), unbiased, independent critical evaluation. The review process is as follows: First, according to its scope, the executive editor check…
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
- Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1224-5593
- Electronic ISSN
- 2067-7855
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 48, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Applied Medical Informatics
How long does peer review take at Applied Medical Informatics?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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 Applied Medical Informatics?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 200–250 words; Keywords: ≤ 5; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; 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.
Which databases index Applied Medical Informatics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Applied Medical Informatics is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Applied Medical Informatics open access, and what is the APC?
Applied Medical Informatics is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .