Journal profile
GMS Medizinische Informatik Biometrie und Epidemiologie
ISSN 1860-9171 · German Medical Science GMS Publishing House · Germany
GMS Medizinische Informatik Biometrie und Epidemiologie: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports).
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
GMS Medizinische Informatik Biometrie und Epidemiologie is published by German Medical Science GMS Publishing House. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ethics in Clinical Research, Ethics and bioethics in healthcare and Biomedical Ethics and Regulation, together about 50% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
GMS Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie / Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (MIBE) publishes scientific papers about methods, concepts, tools and solutions in the fields of medical informatics, biometry, epidemiology, medical documentation and life science informatics, and about their innovative application in medicine. MIBE aims to support the healthy and the sick as well as medical professionals and scientists in preventing, healing and easing diseases and to better understand their causes and impact. MIBE publishes research articles about collecting, analyzing and providing data about health and diseases and about designing processes in medical research and patient care. The journal also publishes review papers, case and project reports, letters to the editor and GMDS pronouncements. MIBE is strongly connected to and supported by members of the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie) and the Life Science Informatics (ILW, Informatik in den Lebenswissenschaften) section of the German Informatics Society (GI, Gesellschaft für Informatik). Consequently, GMS MIBE supports the goals of GMDS and feels bound to its ethical guidelines. MIBE is an open access e-journal. Interested Persons Computer Scientists, Biometricians, Epidemiologists, Biologists, Statisticians, Medical Documentalists.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Petra Knaup-GregoriPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ethics in Clinical ResearchMedicine16.7%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine16.7%
- Biomedical Ethics and RegulationMedicine16.7%
- Historical and modern epidemiology studiesSocial Sciences16.7%
- Statistical Methods in EpidemiologyMathematics16.7%
- Medicine, History, and PhilosophyMedicine16.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted9
- case reportResearch articles deal with current problems of general interest, with adequate methodology. It should be evident from the papers that they make a substantial c…Length not stated
- letters to the editorResearch articles deal with current problems of general interest, with adequate methodology. It should be evident from the papers that they make a substantial c…Length not stated
- original paperResearch articles deal with current problems of general interest, with adequate methodology. It should be evident from the papers that they make a substantial c…Length not stated
- research articleResearch articles deal with current problems of general interest, with adequate methodology. It should be evident from the papers that they make a substantial c…Length not stated
- reviewResearch articles deal with current problems of general interest, with adequate methodology. It should be evident from the papers that they make a substantial c…Length not stated
- review articleResearch articles deal with current problems of general interest, with adequate methodology. It should be evident from the papers that they make a substantial c…Length not stated
- short communicationResearch articles deal with current problems of general interest, with adequate methodology. It should be evident from the papers that they make a substantial c…Length not stated
- systematic reviewResearch articles deal with current problems of general interest, with adequate methodology. It should be evident from the papers that they make a substantial c…Length not stated
- tutorialResearch articles deal with current problems of general interest, with adequate methodology. It should be evident from the papers that they make a substantial c…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Comparative analysis between the performance of ChatGPT and medical students outside their examination phase
Leufkens D, Pons-Kühnemann J, Schneider H, Windhorst AC GMS Med Inform Biom Epidemiol. 2026;22:Doc05 (2026-03-25)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship 3 Authorship and Copyright
All authors assure that they have furnished a substantial contribution to the article and that they are in agreement with form and contents of the manuscript. The author conducting the negotiations confirms that she/he holds the copyrights on his works as well as on the text and illustrations attached therein in the Author's Contract. If material (e.g. illustrations or tables) is used from other s…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright 3 Authorship and Copyright
All authors assure that they have furnished a substantial contribution to the article and that they are in agreement with form and contents of the manuscript. The author conducting the negotiations confirms that she/he holds the copyrights on his works as well as on the text and illustrations attached therein in the Author's Contract. If material (e.g. illustrations or tables) is used from other s…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access ZB MED advocates Open Access
ZB MED promotes and supports open access to scientific research through the PUBLISSO portal and other services.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
The author submits the manuscript through the online submission process. After that, the author gets a receipt of manuscript acknowledgement and the editorial assistant (EA) gets a message, generated by the system. The EA forwards the message to the editorship (ES) and allocates one editor to the manuscript. The editor nominates two reviewers, one is part of the MIBE Editorial Board, and one is an…
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
- German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English, German
- ISSN
- 1860-9171
- Society / sponsor
- German Society for Medical Informatics
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about GMS Medizinische Informatik Biometrie und Epidemiologie
How long does peer review take at GMS Medizinische Informatik Biometrie und Epidemiologie?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of GMS Medizinische Informatik Biometrie und Epidemiologie?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. 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.
Which databases index GMS Medizinische Informatik Biometrie und Epidemiologie?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, GMS Medizinische Informatik Biometrie und Epidemiologie is indexed in DOAJ.
Is GMS Medizinische Informatik Biometrie und Epidemiologie open access, and what is the APC?
GMS Medizinische Informatik Biometrie und Epidemiologie is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .