Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (miscellaneous)
Interdisciplinary Medicine
ISSN 2832-6237 · eISSN 2832-6245 · Wiley-VCH · Germany
Interdisciplinary Medicine: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 14.5 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 4,000; median 121 days to acceptance (73 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 13% (journal website); 104 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Interdisciplinary Medicine is published by Wiley-VCH and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Extracellular vesicles in disease, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 29.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims & Readership Interdisciplinary Medicine, a new open-access, peer-reviewed, and rapid-publication journal that aims to publish trailblazing significant works related to any fields of Medicine that present an interdisciplinary dimension. We’re dedicated to being a key resource to life scientists, biological and chemical engineers, medical researchers and clinicians, pharmacologists, as well as health science specialists from academia and industry. Scope Interdisciplinary Medicine will publish a broad spectrum of research on increasingly multi and interdisciplinary studies between medicine and other disciplines, such as: Biology Chemistry Materials Physics Information science Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to: Advances in laboratory medicine Artificial intelligence-driven health science Biomaterials Biosensors Computational biology Drug delivery Imaging and nuclear medicine Molecular therapy Nanobiotechnology Precision and personalized medicine Photo-, electro-, and mechanical medicine Tissue engineering Extracellular Vesicles Indexing information Biological Abstracts (Clarivate Analytics) BIOSIS Previews (Clarivate Analytics) CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service (ACS) Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) Open Access Journal Index – OAJ (NSLC & CEPIEC) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Ben Zhong TangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 13 in mainland China (about 41%); most named Mainland China 13, United States 6, Singapore 3, Hong Kong, China 1, United Kingdom 1 (32 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Extracellular vesicles in diseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.8%
- Nanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsEngineering9.1%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.3%
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.3%
- 3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchEngineering4.8%
- MicroRNA in disease regulationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.5%
- Gut microbiota and healthBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.3%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.3%
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)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Medicine, Research & Experimental | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview 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 ScienceCASPublisher 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)
- 14.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 14.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 14.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 14.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 14.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.57LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 97OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 71LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 71Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 162,653Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 348 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 107 | 107 | 122 |
| 2025 | 104 | 104 | 590 |
| 2024 | 71 | 71 | 1,055 |
| 2023 | 61 | 61 | 1,721 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 123 |
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
121 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 91 days – 165 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 28 days (74 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 156 days
- Sample
- 73 articles with submission and acceptance dates (209 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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 112 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 29 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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 4,000 / GBP 3,330 / EUR 3,840 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 3,800 / GBP 2,795 / EUR 3,295 | 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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Templates
- Word
Article types accepted7
- editorialResearch Article Research Articles are unsolicited, peer-reviewed reports of original research results. The essential findings presented in a Research Article s…Length not stated
- letter to the editorLetters to the Editor are letters, or responses to a letter, sent to the journal to raise a point of interest, discuss a different opinion or encourage particip…Length not stated
- opinionResearch Article Research Articles are unsolicited, peer-reviewed reports of original research results. The essential findings presented in a Research Article s…Length not stated
- original researchResearch Article Research Articles are unsolicited, peer-reviewed reports of original research results. The essential findings presented in a Research Article s…Length not stated
- perspectiveResearch Article Research Articles are unsolicited, peer-reviewed reports of original research results. The essential findings presented in a Research Article s…Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article Research Articles are unsolicited, peer-reviewed reports of original research results. The essential findings presented in a Research Article s…Length not stated
- reviewResearch Article Research Articles are unsolicited, peer-reviewed reports of original research results. The essential findings presented in a Research Article s…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship Authorship
The list of authors should accurately indicate who contributed to the work. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the following criteria: Have made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; Been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content; …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
All authors must declare financial/commercial conflicts of interest. If the authors have no conflicts of interest, this should be stated.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing/Repositories
Interdisciplinary Medicine encourages authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving them in an appropriate public repository. Authors may provide a data availability statement, including a link to the repository they have used, so that this statement can be published in their paper. Shared data should be cited. All accepted manuscripts may choose to…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Professional Conduct and Publication Ethics
The journal requires that you include in the manuscript details IRB approvals, ethical treatment of human and animal research participants, and gathering of informed consent, as appropriate. You will be expected to declare all conflicts of interest, or none, on submission. Please review Wiley’s guidelines surrounding human studies, animal studies, clinical trial registration, biosecurity, and rese…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Permissions
Quick Navigation Figure Reproduction, Adaption, and Redrawing Seeking Permission to Reproduce Figures and Images Subscription Journals Open Access Re-Using Figures from Non-Journal Sources General Public Domain and CC0 Stock Photos Trademarks and Logos Classical Art Currency Don’t Use Material Without Permission Further Information Copyright is a complex subject and causes concern for many because…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Understanding Open Access
As an open access journal, all articles in Interdisciplinary Medicine are freely available to read, download and share immediately on publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements. Wiley's policy on confidentiality of the review process …
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-VCH
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2832-6237
- Electronic ISSN
- 2832-6245
- Society / sponsor
- Nanfang Hospital
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 4, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Interdisciplinary Medicine
What CAS zone is Interdisciplinary Medicine in?
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 Interdisciplinary Medicine?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 14.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 14.4, h-index 34.
How long does peer review take at Interdisciplinary Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 73 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 121 days (interquartile range 91–165 days); authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13% (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 Interdisciplinary Medicine?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Templates: Word. 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 Interdisciplinary Medicine based?
Of the 32 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 13 (about 41%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (13), United States (6) and Singapore (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Interdisciplinary Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Interdisciplinary Medicine is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Interdisciplinary Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Interdisciplinary Medicine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 4,000.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .