Journal profile
Brown Journal of Hospital Medicine
ISSN 2831-5553 · Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University · United States
Brown Journal of Hospital Medicine: fully open access; APC about USD 500; review about 5 weeks (community reports).
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine – “The Brown Journal” – publishes original clinical research of interest to physicians and other providers in inpatient medicine, both in academia and community-based practice. The Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine is the official journal of the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine, an online-only peer-reviewed, open access, quarterly journal, publishes the Warren Alpert Medical School Clinical Pathological Conference, original case reports, clinical research, images in medicine, and other article types. Each issue carries scientific articles of immediate interest to the practicing and aspiring clinician, including peer-reviewed, original scientific studies with direct clinical significance and current opinion papers on health care issues, and medical education. In December 2022, the title of the journal was changed from Brown Journal of Hospital Medicine (ISSN 2831 – 5553) to the Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine (ISSN 2994 – 5593).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 16 (16 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
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
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
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 5 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 5 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 500 | Yes | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | USD 500 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use
Generative AI policy Model summary
A language generating tool cannot be listed as an author.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship
Dual publication Model summary
Authors are required to verify that manuscripts or parts of manuscripts, including methods sections and data, submitted to JBHM have not been submitted or published elsewhere.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Financial disclosure Model summary
Authors are required to disclose any substantive financial interests in the publication of a paper when the manuscript is submitted.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Human/animal subjects ethics Model summary
All uses of human or animal subjects in research published in JBHM must conform to all institutional, regional, or national ethical and legal standards that apply.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC BY-NC license Model summary
Works published in JBHM are available under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open access Model summary
This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition o…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening on submission Model summary
Plagiarism is intellectual property theft and will not be tolerated. JBHM defines plagiarism as the unauthorized use of written, spoken, or graphical material belonging to someone other than the author(s). Material quoted directly from another source should be placed in quotation marks, and the page on which the quotation can be found should be listed in the citation. Paraphrased material also mus…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy Model summary
JBHM will consider for publication manuscripts that have been posted in a recognized not-for-profit preprint archive (such as arXiv, bioRxiv, and PeerJ PrePrints).
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
- Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2831-5553
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Brown Journal of Hospital Medicine
How long does peer review take at Brown Journal of Hospital Medicine?
Authors report an average review time of about 5 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Brown Journal of Hospital Medicine based?
Of the 16 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (16). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Brown Journal of Hospital Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Brown Journal of Hospital Medicine is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Brown Journal of Hospital Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Brown Journal of Hospital Medicine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, DOAJ, 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: .