Journal profile · Medicine, General & Internal
Bratislava Medical Journal-Bratislavske Lekarske Listy
ISSN 0006-9248 · eISSN 1336-0345 · Comenius University · SLOVAKIA · Monthly · Founded 1921
Bratislava Medical Journal-Bratislavske Lekarske Listy: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.36; fully open access; APC about USD 3,590; median 45 days to acceptance (57 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 454 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus; the journal's website says it has ceased publication.
The journal's website says it has ceased publication: Bratislava Medical Journal will cease publishing with AEPress. It will continue to be published by Springer Nature as of 1 January 2025. AEPress is closed to new submissions. Authors wishing to submit their research to the journal should do so at the journal's new submission site Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bratislava Medical Journal-Bratislavske Lekarske Listy is published by Comenius University 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 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases, together about 19.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Journal for Biomedical Sciences and Clinical Medicine Published by Comenius University, Faculty of Medicine, Bratislava, SlovakiaPublishing house: AEPRESS, s.r.o. Abstracted in Medline PubMed, Indexed and abstracted in Science Citation In
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine, General & Internal
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease PrognosisMedicine8.8%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine5.5%
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic DiseasesMedicine5.3%
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsMedicine5%
- Pancreatitis Pathology and TreatmentMedicine4.3%
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine4.2%
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studiesMedicine4%
- Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune ResponseMedicine4%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
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
- 1.36LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 754OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.93OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.86%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 436LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,135 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 397 | 397 | 48 |
| 2025 | 454 | 454 | 580 |
| 2024 | 111 | 111 | 268 |
| 2023 | 149 | 149 | 520 |
| 2022 | 141 | 141 | 605 |
| 2021 | 154 | 154 | 1,898 |
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 Crossref · to
45 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 26 days – 57 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 25 days (57 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 75 days
- Sample
- 57 articles with submission and acceptance dates (71 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,590 / EUR 2,990 / GBP 2,590 | — | — |
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 websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Copyright notice: permission to reproduce, archive or otherwise use documents in ELiS requires contacting AEP. Model summary
Copyright notice: For any permission to reproduce, archive or otherwise use the documents in the ELiS, please contact AEP.
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
- Comenius University
- Country or region
- SLOVAKIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1921
- ISSN
- 0006-9248
- Electronic ISSN
- 1336-0345
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bratislava Medical Journal-Bratislavske Lekarske Listy
What CAS zone is Bratislava Medical Journal-Bratislavske Lekarske Listy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Bratislava Medical Journal-Bratislavske Lekarske Listy 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.
What is the impact factor of Bratislava Medical Journal-Bratislavske Lekarske Listy?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.36; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 46.
How long does peer review take at Bratislava Medical Journal-Bratislavske Lekarske Listy?
Based on the dates recorded on 57 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 45 days (interquartile range 26–57 days); authors report an average review time of 3–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Bratislava Medical Journal-Bratislavske Lekarske Listy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bratislava Medical Journal-Bratislavske Lekarske Listy is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Bratislava Medical Journal-Bratislavske Lekarske Listy open access, and what is the APC?
Bratislava Medical Journal-Bratislavske Lekarske Listy is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,590.
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: .