Journal profile · MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Cureus Journal of Medical Science
ISSN 2168-8184
Cureus Journal of Medical Science: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.3 (journal website); fully open access; median 58 days to acceptance (14 articles, last 24 months); 23,996 articles in 2025; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cureus Journal of Medical Science 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 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, together about 14.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine5%
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsMedicine4.8%
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicine4.8%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine4.6%
- Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine4.5%
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.5%
- Shoulder Injury and TreatmentMedicine4.4%
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine4.3%
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, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
Indexed in: no record yet.
Early warning / risk: Removed from ESCI for editorial reasons on 27 October 2025. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 132OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10,471OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.14OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.89%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17,836LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 584Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 117,968 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16,724 | 16,724 | 1,712 |
| 2025 | 23,996 | 23,996 | 17,546 |
| 2024 | 25,394 | 25,394 | 56,407 |
| 2023 | 18,301 | 18,301 | 92,781 |
| 2022 | 12,448 | 12,448 | 72,796 |
| 2021 | 8,476 | 8,476 | 56,643 |
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 PubMed · to
58 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 41 days – 65 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 0 days (158 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 58 days
- Sample
- 14 articles with submission and acceptance dates (45,367 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
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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
- ISSN
- 2168-8184
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cureus Journal of Medical Science
What CAS zone is Cureus Journal of Medical Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cureus Journal of Medical Science is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Cureus Journal of Medical Science?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 132.
How long does peer review take at Cureus Journal of Medical Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 14 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 58 days (interquartile range 41–65 days). 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.
Is Cureus Journal of Medical Science open access, and what is the APC?
Cureus Journal of Medical Science is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .