Journal profile · MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Clinical Case Reports
ISSN 2050-0904 · Wiley · United Kingdom · Monthly · Founded 2013
Clinical Case Reports: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.6 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,910; median 128 days to acceptance (187 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 64% (journal website); 1,660 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical Case Reports is published by Wiley 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 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, together about 15.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Clinical Case Reports is different from other case report journals. Our aim is to directly improve global health and increase clinical understanding using case reports to convey important best practice information. We welcome case reports from all areas of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Psychology, Medical Ethics, Social Work, and Veterinary Science and may include: Any clinical case or procedure which illustrates an important best practice teaching message; Any clinical case or procedure which illustrates the appropriate use of an important clinical guideline or systematic review. As well as: The management of novel or very uncommon diseases; A common disease presenting in an uncommon way; An uncommon disease masquerading as something more common; Cases which expand understanding of disease pathogenesis; Cases where the teaching point is based on an error; Cases which allow us to re-think established medical lore; Unreported adverse effects of interventions (drug, procedural, or other). If you are not sure whether your case is suitable, please call or email us and ask: [+44 (0)1865 476595 / clinicalcases@wiley.com]. Our case reports do not have to be novel, unusual, or challenging—nor do they have to be surprising. They simply have to convey an important teaching point about a common or important clinical scenario. Scenarios involving the appropriate use of a clinical guideline or systematic review are particularly important to us. Clinical Case Reports is an open access journal with a comprehensive peer review policy, and a very rapid publication process. We guarantee that Clinical Case Reports will publish all high quality original case reports meeting our submission guidelines which have an important, practical, and generalisable teaching message. Novel, unusual, and challenging cases are important and form a key part Clinical Case Reports. However, most healthcare professionals spend most of their time treating common problems, and those common clinical problems present excellent opportunities to illustrate and disseminate best practice. Consequently, compared with teaching points from rare or unusual situations, our common best practice messages have the potential to optimise the care of many more patients globally — and that is why we are excited about them. Procedural case reports are also an excellent vehicle with which to highlight aspects of important clinical procedures. Our view again is that these procedures do not have to be novel or unusual,
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Editor-in-chief Roberto Berebichez-FridmanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 8 in mainland China (about 11%); most named United States 26, Italy 11, Mainland China 8, India 7, United Kingdom 4 (75 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsMedicine5.5%
- Oral and Maxillofacial PathologyDentistry5.2%
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsMedicine5%
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5%
- Tracheal and airway disordersMedicine4.9%
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairMedicine4.7%
- Lymphoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.6%
- Infectious Diseases and TuberculosisMedicine4.5%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCEmbaseCASPublisher website
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 (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 977OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.72OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 1,571LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,617Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 2,510,687Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 13,119 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,790 | 1,790 | 213 |
| 2025 | 1,660 | 1,660 | 888 |
| 2024 | 1,347 | 1,347 | 2,371 |
| 2023 | 1,545 | 1,545 | 4,589 |
| 2022 | 1,515 | 1,515 | 6,010 |
| 2021 | 1,510 | 1,510 | 7,139 |
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
128 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 78 days – 190 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (187 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 141 days
- Sample
- 187 articles with submission and acceptance dates (3,639 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)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 64%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 64%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 69 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 69 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 148 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 1,910 / GBP 1,160 / EUR 1,340 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,820 / EUR 1,280 / GBP 1,160 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,650 / GBP 1,050 / EUR 1,160 | Yes | — |
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
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 3,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Not considered
- systematic reviews
Article types accepted7
- case reportA. Case ReportsThe key elements of a CCR case report are:1. The title accurately reflects the case.2. The case involves an important area of health.3. Where pos…Length not stated
- case reportsA. Case ReportsLength not stated
- clinical imageClinical ImageLength not stated
- letter to the editorG. Letter to the EditorLength not stated
- narrative reviewA. Case ReportsThe key elements of a CCR case report are:1. The title accurately reflects the case.2. The case involves an important area of health.3. Where pos…Length not stated
- reviewA. Case ReportsThe key elements of a CCR case report are:1. The title accurately reflects the case.2. The case involves an important area of health.3. Where pos…Length not stated
- systematic reviewA. Case ReportsThe key elements of a CCR case report are:1. The title accurately reflects the case.2. The case involves an important area of health.3. Where pos…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship List:
Clinical Case Reports publishes the details of all authors’ involvement in the publication alongside their names, and the corresponding author takes responsibility for ensuring that all the authors’ names and details are accurate.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
Authors will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. For details on what to include in this section, see the ‘Conflict of Interest’ section in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section below. Submitting authors should ensure they liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
COPE member Model summary
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read Wiley’s Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open access journal Model summary
As a Gold open access journal Clinical Case Reports charges an article publication charge (APC).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review and Acceptance
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Preprint policy: preprints allowed Model summary
Clinical Case Reports will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article. Authors may also post the final published version of the article immediately after publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The journal requires that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Authors are asked to include the name of the trial register and the clinical trial registration number at the end of the Key Clinical Message. If the trial is not registered, or was registered re…
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
- Wiley
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2013
- ISSN
- 2050-0904
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical Case Reports
What CAS zone is Clinical Case Reports in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Clinical Case Reports 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 Clinical Case Reports?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.6 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.4, h-index 37.
How long does peer review take at Clinical Case Reports?
Based on the dates recorded on 187 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 128 days (interquartile range 78–190 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 64% (2025). 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 are the manuscript requirements of Clinical Case Reports?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 3,000 words; Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Graphical abstract: Optional. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Clinical Case Reports based?
Of the 75 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 8 (about 11%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (26), Italy (11) and Mainland China (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Clinical Case Reports?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Clinical Case Reports is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC, Embase and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Clinical Case Reports open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical Case Reports is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,910.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .