Journal profile · MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Balkan Medical Journal
ISSN 2146-3123 · eISSN 2146-3131 · Galenos Yayinevi · TURKEY
Balkan Medical Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.57; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 46 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: easy; 131 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Balkan Medical Journal is published by Galenos Yayinevi 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 Tracheal and airway disorders, Anesthesia and Pain Management and Congenital Heart Disease Studies, together about 15.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Balkan Medical Journal is a diamond open access, peer-reviewed Q1 general medicine journal published by Trakya University. Impact Factor 4.5, CiteScore 5.0.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Tracheal and airway disordersMedicine6%
- Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine4.9%
- Congenital Heart Disease StudiesMedicine4.7%
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine4.5%
- Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesMedicine4.5%
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsMedicine4.5%
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairMedicine4.5%
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesMedicine4.1%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 3 |
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 | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPMCEmbaseCASPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, CNKI, J-Gate
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
- 4.57LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.08LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 446OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.91OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.47%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 43LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,784 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 82 | 82 | 13 |
| 2025 | 131 | 131 | 204 |
| 2024 | 102 | 102 | 385 |
| 2023 | 95 | 95 | 719 |
| 2022 | 76 | 76 | 552 |
| 2021 | 86 | 86 | 621 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
46 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports 6–12 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 4%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 46 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 websiteOpen access
- Open access Diamond Open Access
All articles are freely available to readers worldwide. We charge no submission fees, no article processing charges (APCs), and no subscription fees. Science should be accessible to everyone. Learn about our policies
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
- Galenos Yayinevi
- Country or region
- TURKEY
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2146-3123
- Electronic ISSN
- 2146-3131
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Balkan Medical Journal
What CAS zone is Balkan Medical Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Balkan Medical Journal 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 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Balkan Medical Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.57; CiteScore 5, h-index 42.
How long does peer review take at Balkan Medical Journal?
The publisher reports about 46 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 4%. 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 Balkan Medical Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Balkan Medical Journal is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PMC, Embase and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Balkan Medical Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Balkan Medical Journal 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .