Journal profile · Obstetrics & Gynecology
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
ISSN 0020-7292 · eISSN 1879-3479 · John Wiley and Sons Ltd · NETHERLANDS · Monthly
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.71; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,480; median 98 days to acceptance (125 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 863 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd and 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 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions and Global Maternal and Child Health, together about 22.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics (IJGO) is the official scientific journal of FIGO, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. It publishes trusted, peer-reviewed original research, reviews and brief communications in all areas of obstetrics and gynaecology, with focus on globally relevant aspects of care and under the auspices of an international Editorial Board Abstracting and Indexing Information Academic OneFile (GALE Cengage) CAB Abstracts® (CABI) Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) Chemical Abstracts Service (SciFinder) CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (EBSCO Publishing) Current Contents: Clinical Medicine (Clarivate Analytics) Embase (Elsevier) Family & Society Studies Worldwide (EBSCO Publishing) Gender Studies Collection (GALE Cengage) Gender Studies Database (EBSCO Publishing) InfoTrac (GALE Cengage) MEDLINE/PubMed (NLM) Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) Women's Studies International (EBSCO Publishing)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Obstetrics & Gynecology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studiesMedicine8%
- Maternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsMedicine7.2%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine7%
- Maternal and fetal healthcareMedicine7%
- Reproductive Health and ContraceptionMedicine5.1%
- Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatmentMedicine4.5%
- Endometriosis Research and TreatmentMedicine4.4%
- Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin PregnancyMedicine4.4%
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 | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsCINAHLCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO
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
- 2.71LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 189OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7,989OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 37.2%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 695LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 812Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 3,199,228Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 29,492 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 608 | 375 | 113 |
| 2025 | 863 | 495 | 1,793 |
| 2024 | 760 | 459 | 3,023 |
| 2023 | 696 | 466 | 5,923 |
| 2022 | 571 | 214 | 5,409 |
| 2021 | 528 | 201 | 9,097 |
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
98 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 45 days – 163 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (129 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 118 days
- Sample
- 125 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,645 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)
- 3–6 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 108 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,480 / EUR 3,750 / GBP 2,950 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 2,500 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- Protocols and Methods
Article types accepted3
- editorial5.1. Clinical articles For information on clinical trials, please also see section 5.1.1. Clinical trials below. Observational studies in epidemiology (cohort, …Length not stated
- hypothesis5.1. Clinical articles For information on clinical trials, please also see section 5.1.1. Clinical trials below. Observational studies in epidemiology (cohort, …Length not stated
- original research5.1. Clinical articles For information on clinical trials, please also see section 5.1.1. Clinical trials below. Observational studies in epidemiology (cohort, …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Self-archiving
- AI use 2.1. Generative AI
Generative AI technologies, such as ChatGPT, must not be listed as authors. The use of generative AI technologies to improve the style, accessibility or quality of human-generated text and images is permitted, but must be fully disclosed in the Acknowledgments section, including a detailed description of how the technology was used. Any AI-generated content must be thoroughly checked and verified …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship 2. Authorship
Please ensure that you have each author's full name, email address, and affiliation ready when you submit your manuscript via EM, and that you have agreed who will act as the corresponding author. Only one corresponding author per manuscript is allowed; please ensure that the corresponding author listed in the manuscript is the same as the corresponding author listed in EM. All named authors must …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statement
You must include a data availability statement with your submission. When submitting the manuscript you will be asked to select from several pre-written statements. If our standard templates do not match the circumstances of your data, you can use the text editor tool. You can review Wiley's Data Sharing Policies resource to understand which data availability statement is appropriate for your subm…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright 7.2. Copyright, Open Access licenses and funder compliance
Authors choosing Open Access will retain copyright in their articles and can choose between a range of licence types: see further information on Wiley’s licensing page. Not sure about your institution or funding agency open access policy? Find out with Wiley’s Author Compliance Tool.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 7. Open Access
IJGO is a ‘hybrid’ journal – i.e. it is a subscription-based journal, but some authors may choose to publish their article Open Access, whereby it will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. There is no charge to authors or their institutions for subscription-based publication. To cover the cost of publishing Open Access, authors or their institutions pay an article…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 3. Peer review process
Once submitted, manuscripts undergo initial screening by the editorial office and Editors. To ensure timely processing of the large number of submissions received, papers that do not meet the journal's submission requirements, standards, scope, or are not seen to be sufficiently novel will be rejected without peer review, and the authors will receive prompt notification. The submitting author can …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism 8.3. Plagiarism
Plagiarism entails the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work." Self-plagiarism, a form of misconduct in which an author reuses his/her previously written text, data, or ideas, wholly or in part, without indicating previous dissemination, will also be considered plagiarism. Verbatim copying of sentences, even…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints 8.5. Preprints
Wiley believes that journals publishing for communities with established preprint servers should allow authors to submit manuscripts that have already been made available on a non-commercial preprint server. Allowing submission does not, of course, guarantee that an article will be sent out for review. It simply reflects our belief that journals should not rule out reviewing a paper simply because…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving 7.3. Green Open Access: Self-archiving
Green Open Access, also called self-archiving, is when the author, institution, or publisher places a version of the article online in a repository or website after publishing in a subscription-based journal – making it freely available to everyone. For more information about Wiley’s policy, visit the Self-Archiving page.
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
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 0020-7292
- Electronic ISSN
- 1879-3479
- Society / sponsor
- Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 174, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
What CAS zone is International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Obstetrics & Gynecology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.71; CiteScore 4.5, h-index 189.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics?
Based on the dates recorded on 125 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 98 days (interquartile range 45–163 days); authors report an average review time of 3–6 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25% (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 International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 2,500 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Cover letter: 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 International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, CAS, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,480.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .