Journal profile · Medicine, General & Internal
Deutsches Arzteblatt International
ISSN 1866-0452 · Deutscher Arzte-Verlag · GERMANY · Weekly · Founded 2006
Deutsches Arzteblatt International: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 8.06; fully open access; review 4–8 weeks (community reports); 262 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Deutsches Arzteblatt International is published by Deutscher Arzte-Verlag 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 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Health and Medical Studies and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, together about 24.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Deutsches Ärzteblatt International is a bilingual weekly online journal of clinical medicine and public health. As the official journal of the German Medical Association and the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians we publish independent, peer-reviewed articles from all branches of clinical medicine. In addition, you will find editorials and a section devoted to scientific discussion (correspondence). We hope that for our international readership our journal will be both an important source of medical information and a window to the German medical scene. Deutsches Ärzteblatt International is free of advertisements, and all articles are openly accessible.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine, General & Internal
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine9.7%
- Health and Medical StudiesHealth Professions8.8%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.7%
- Clinical practice guidelines implementationMedicine5.2%
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine5%
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersMedicine3.7%
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionMedicine3.7%
- Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningMedicine3.6%
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 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexMEDLINEPMCPubMedEmbasePsycINFOCINAHLDOAJPublisher website
Other: Web of Knowledge, Carelit, EMNursing, GEOBASE, HINARI, Index Copernicus, Medpilot
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
- 8.06LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 8.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.06LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 138OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,570OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.17OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.74%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 83LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,470 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 192 | 159 | 48 |
| 2025 | 262 | 134 | 391 |
| 2024 | 266 | 264 | 1,120 |
| 2023 | 291 | 288 | 2,463 |
| 2022 | 329 | 325 | 2,362 |
| 2021 | 329 | 311 | 3,546 |
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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
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 accessLetPub
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted6
- cmecmeLength not stated
- correspondenceIn addition, you will find editorials and a section devoted to scientific discussion (correspondence).Length not stated
- editorialsIn addition, you will find editorials and a section devoted to scientific discussion (correspondence).Length not stated
- original articleOriginal articleLength not stated
- research letterResearch letterLength not stated
- review articleReview articleLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest
- Authorship
The journal has policies regarding conflicts of interest, authorship rules, and bilingual medical publishing. Model summary
Topics include, among other things, our policy regarding conflicts of interest, authorship rules, or bilingual medical publishing.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest A Disclosure Form for Work Submitted to Medical Journals
The journal has policies regarding conflicts of interest, authorship rules, and bilingual medical publishing. Model summary
Many factors, including professional and personal relationships and activities, can influence the design, conduct, and reporting of the clinical science that informs health care decision. ...
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
- Deutscher Arzte-Verlag
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Weekly
- Founded
- 2006
- ISSN
- 1866-0452
- Society / sponsor
- German Medical Association
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Deutsches Arzteblatt International
What CAS zone is Deutsches Arzteblatt International in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Deutsches Arzteblatt International 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 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Deutsches Arzteblatt International?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 8.06; CiteScore 4.7, h-index 138.
How long does peer review take at Deutsches Arzteblatt International?
Authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks. 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 Deutsches Arzteblatt International?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Deutsches Arzteblatt International is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, MEDLINE, PMC, PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL and DOAJ; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Deutsches Arzteblatt International open access, and what is the APC?
Deutsches Arzteblatt International 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, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .