Journal profile · Medicine, Research & Experimental
Clinical and Investigative Medicine
ISSN 0147-958X · eISSN 1488-2353 · The Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1978
Clinical and Investigative Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.95; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 18 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical and Investigative Medicine is published by The Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation 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 Health and Medical Research Impacts, Health Sciences Research and Education and Innovations in Medical Education, together about 35.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Clinical and Investigative Medicine (CIM), publishes original work in the field of Clinical Investigation. Original work includes clinical or laboratory investigations and clinical reports. Reviews include information for Continuing Medical Education (CME), narrative review articles, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Medicine, Research & Experimental
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Medical Research ImpactsMedicine20.5%
- Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Professions8.9%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine6.5%
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchMedicine6%
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic DiseasesMedicine4.9%
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiologyMedicine4.7%
- Advances in Oncology and RadiotherapyMedicine3.4%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions3.3%
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, Research & Experimental | 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, Research & Experimental | 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, Research & Experimental | 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
- 0.95LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 324OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.6OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,018 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 18 | 0 | 12 |
| 2024 | 15 | 3 | 17 |
| 2023 | 17 | 16 | 44 |
| 2022 | 26 | 25 | 101 |
| 2021 | 38 | 34 | 200 |
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)
- over 12 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- The Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1978
- ISSN
- 0147-958X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1488-2353
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical and Investigative Medicine
What CAS zone is Clinical and Investigative Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Clinical and Investigative Medicine is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medicine, Research & Experimental. 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 Clinical and Investigative Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.95; CiteScore 1.3, h-index 46.
How long does peer review take at Clinical and Investigative Medicine?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 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 Clinical and Investigative Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Clinical and Investigative Medicine is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Clinical and Investigative Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical and Investigative Medicine is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .