Journal profile · Medicine, General & Internal
Chinese Medical Journal
ISSN 0366-6999 · eISSN 2542-5641 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · PEOPLES R CHINA · Monthly · Founded 1975
Chinese Medical Journal: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 8.73; JCR Q1 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,000; review about 6 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 55%; 518 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Chinese Medical Journal is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Legal and Regulatory Analysis and Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, together about 18.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Chinese Medical Journal (CMJ), established in 1887, is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access general medical journal. CMJ is an official journal of the Chinese Medical Association (CMA) and is the oldest medical periodical in China. CMJ is published semimonthly in English both in print and online issues. The journal reports the advances and progress in current medical sciences and technology. It also serves the objective of international academic exchange. The journal allows free access to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional/subject-based repository.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine, General & Internal
Editor-in-chief Chen WangPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsMedicine6.4%
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences6%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences6%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering6%
- Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine4.7%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine4.3%
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchMedicine4.3%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL · rank 19/336
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 8.73LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 9.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.66LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.85LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 94OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,872OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.99OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.71%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 237LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 11,113 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 350 | 350 | 127 |
| 2025 | 518 | 518 | 1,864 |
| 2024 | 488 | 488 | 4,781 |
| 2023 | 574 | 574 | 6,124 |
| 2022 | 459 | 459 | 8,951 |
| 2021 | 597 | 597 | 9,579 |
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 6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 55%LetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 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 2,000 | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,000 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 320 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- CHY 1,600
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 2,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- correspondenceCorrespondence is letter to editors. They should preferably be related to articles previously published in the journal or views expressed in the journal or brie…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- editorialeditorials from authors outside China. Editorials can be up to 2000 words length with no more than 15 references. Original Article Thmain text ≤ 2,000 words · references ≤ 15
- original articleseries, and in vitro study. The text of original articles amounting to about 5000 words (excluding abstract, references and tables) should be dividmain text ≤ 5,000 words
- review articleIt is expected that these articles would be written by individuals who have done substantial work on the subject or are considered experts in the field. The pre…main text ≤ 5,000 words · abstract ≤ 350 words · references ≤ 90
- viewpointan 10 references and 1 table or figure. Viewpoint Personal views are welcome and the length should be about 1500 words (not including tables, figures, and refer…main text ≤ 1,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship AUTHORSHIP CRITERIA
As stated in the ICMJE Recommendations, credit for authorship requires:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest CONFLICTS OF INTEREST/COMPETING INTERESTS
Conflict of interest disclosure required for all authors. Model summary
All authors must disclose any and all conflicts of interest, they may have with publication of the manuscript or an institution or product that is mentioned in the manuscript and/or is important to the outcome of the study presented. Authors should also disclose conflicts of interest with products that compete with those mentioned in their manuscript. A conflict of interest may exist when an autho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability DATA SHARING
Data sharing statement encouraged per ICMJE requirements. Model summary
We encourage authors to include a data sharing statement at the end of every research manuscript when submitting their article, in order to follow the requirement of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) about data sharing for clinical trials.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright The Copyright Transfer Form
Copyright transfer form required with signatures of all contributors. Model summary
The copyright transfer form has to be submitted in original with the signatures of all the contributors as a scanned image via CMJ online manuscript submission and review system: (download address: http://edmgr.ovid.com/cmj/accounts/CMJ_Copyright_form.PDF).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access with self-archiving permitted in OAI-compliant repositories. Model summary
The journal allows free access to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional/subject-based repository.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting Guidelines for Specific Study Designs
Initiative Type of Study Source CONSORT Randomized controlled trials http://www.consort-statement.org STARD Studies of diagnostic accuracy http://www.consort-statement.org/stardstatement.htm QUOROM/PRISMA Systematic reviews and meta-analyses http://www.prisma-statement.org/ STROBE Observational studies in epidemiology http://www.strobe-statement.org MOOSE Meta-analyses of observational studies in …
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
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- PEOPLES R CHINA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1975
- ISSN
- 0366-6999
- Electronic ISSN
- 2542-5641
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 139, Issue 18 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Chinese Medical Journal
What CAS zone is Chinese Medical Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Chinese Medical Journal is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Chinese Medical Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 8.73; CiteScore 10.9, h-index 94.
How long does peer review take at Chinese Medical Journal?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 55%”. 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 JCR quartile is Chinese Medical Journal in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1; by category, MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL Q1 (19/336). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Medicine.
What are the manuscript requirements of Chinese Medical Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 2,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; 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 Chinese Medical Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Chinese Medical Journal is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Chinese Medical Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Chinese Medical Journal is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,000.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .