Journal profile · Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Communication and Medicine
ISSN 1612-1783 · eISSN 1613-3625 · Equinox Publishing Ltd
Communication and Medicine: subscription journal; 15 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Communication and Medicine is published by Equinox Publishing Ltd. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare, Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies and Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare, together about 51.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Patient-Provider Communication in HealthcareHealth Professions26.1%
- Language, Discourse, Communication StrategiesArts and Humanities19.4%
- Interpreting and Communication in HealthcareHealth Professions6.3%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine5.5%
- Empathy and Medical EducationMedicine4.6%
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsPsychology4.3%
- Discourse Analysis in Language StudiesArts and Humanities4.2%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine3.6%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and Linguistics | Q2 | 420/1137 | 63rd |
| Linguistics and Language | Q2 | 509/1221 | 58th |
| Communication | Q3 | 360/541 | 33rd |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | Q4 | 584/725 | 19th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 132OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.43OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 530 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 4 | 200 |
| 2025 | 15 | 3 | 223 |
| 2024 | 22 | 7 | 272 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7 | 243 |
| 2022 | 37 | 17 | 398 |
| 2021 | 20 | 9 | 385 |
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.
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
- Equinox Publishing Ltd
- ISSN
- 1612-1783
- Electronic ISSN
- 1613-3625
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Communication and Medicine
Which databases index Communication and Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Communication and Medicine is indexed in Scopus.
Is Communication and Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Communication and 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: .