Journal profile · MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Archive of Clinical Cases
ISSN 2360-6975
Archive of Clinical Cases: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; 31 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Archive of Clinical Cases 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 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, together about 17.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Archive of Clinical Cases is an open access, peer-reviewed online quarterly journal which aims to become a large collection of original case reports, covering all fields of Clinical Medicine. We consider that healthcare professionals, medical students and researchers need to enrich their knowledge and improve their practice also by accessing information about rare cases, unusual presentations, unusual association of diseases or cases that may uncover new pathogenic mechanisms. We also accept for publication original research articles, reviews and letters to the editor. Archive of Clinical Cases understands that sharing medical knowledge is its core-duty. Therefore, we encourage submission of such reports, especially if sustained by relevant images and correlated with reviews of similar cases in literature. Before publication, all submitted articles will be fast, but rigorously, peer-reviewed, in order to select the most useful clinical cases to professionals.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Editor-in-chief Mihai DanciuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Romania 37, France 6, United States 4, Switzerland 3, United Kingdom 2 (61 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studiesMedicine5.9%
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsMedicine5.9%
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasMedicine5.5%
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.5%
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine5.5%
- Vasculitis and related conditionsMedicine5.5%
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.7%
- Cardiac tumors and thrombiMedicine4.7%
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 | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
ESCILetPub
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
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 401 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 23 | 164 |
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | 156 |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | 119 |
| 2023 | 52 | 52 | 81 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | 58 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | 32 |
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
- 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
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Chatbots, Generative AI, and Scholarly Manuscripts
WAME Recommendations on Chatbots and Generative Artificial Intelligence in Relation to Scholarly Publications (25 October 2023)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
Authors are required to complete a declaration of competing interests. All competing interests that are declared will be listed at the end of published articles. When an author has no competing interests, the listing will read 'The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests'. Conflicts of interest represent - according to PLOS - any interference with the objectiveness of the informati…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication ethics and publication malpractice statement
Archive of Clinical Cases encourages authors to strive for, and adhere themselves to, the International standards for authors of scholarly research publications developed by The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Archive of Clinical Cases also encourages authors to follow the ICMJE's Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (Up-…
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 exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
General information Only the clinical cases respecting the instructions for publication and having an optimal language level will be peer-reviewed. Each article will be evaluated by minimum 2 reviewers that typically volunteer their time and expertise. The reviewers have an important role in rating the articles, but the final decision in publishing an article belongs to the editorial board. Select…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Anti-plagiarism policy
Archive of Clinical Cases uses Turnitin, PlagScan and Copyleaks to identify paraphrased and similar content in order to detect and prevent plagiarism. The Archive of Clinical Cases does not accept for publication any manuscript that has been previously published on a preprint platform (e.g., Research Square, Authorea, bioRxiv, medRxiv) and assigned a DOI.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting Guidelines for Case Reports according to CARE Case Report Guidelines.
WAME Recommendations on Chatbots and Generative Artificial Intelligence in Relation to Scholarly Publications (Revised May 31, 2023)
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
- ISSN
- 2360-6975
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Archive of Clinical Cases
What CAS zone is Archive of Clinical Cases in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Archive of Clinical Cases is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Archive of Clinical Cases based?
Of the 61 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Romania (37), France (6) and United States (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Archive of Clinical Cases?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Archive of Clinical Cases is indexed in ESCI.
Is Archive of Clinical Cases open access, and what is the APC?
Archive of Clinical Cases 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .