Journal profile · Medicine, General & Internal
Journal of General Internal Medicine
ISSN 0884-8734 · eISSN 1525-1497 · Springer International Publishing · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1986
Journal of General Internal Medicine: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.02; hybrid open access; APC about USD 5,290; median 160 days to acceptance (151 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 812 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of General Internal Medicine is published by Springer International Publishing 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 Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Innovations in Medical Education and Healthcare Policy and Management, together about 28% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
• Practice-based evidence for internal, primary, and hospital medicine • Official journal of the Society of General Internal Medicine • OA Option: trusted journals, wider global readership Springer journals offer authors flexible OA options that allow them to increase the visibility and impact of their research while maintaining the same journal choice and publishing standards. Research published Open Access can reach a broader global audience across institutions, regions, and disciplines, and often achieves higher citation performance. Through OA Option, authors can continue publishing in journals they trust while enabling their work to be more widely accessed, shared, and used across the global research landscape
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Medicine, General & Internal
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions12.1%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine8.1%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.8%
- Patient-Provider Communication in HealthcareHealth Professions5.5%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
- Chronic Disease Management StrategiesMedicine4.2%
- Healthcare cost, quality, practicesHealth Professions4.1%
- Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentMedicine4%
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 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | 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
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
- 4.02LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.71LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 161LetPub ·
- h-index
- 287OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7,336OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 30.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 515LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 15,480 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 715 | 518 | 162 |
| 2025 | 812 | 721 | 1,415 |
| 2024 | 700 | 700 | 3,485 |
| 2023 | 583 | 582 | 5,956 |
| 2022 | 781 | 781 | 11,560 |
| 2021 | 909 | 803 | 18,069 |
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
160 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 110 days – 216 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (151 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 189 days
- Sample
- 151 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,742 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)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
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 5,290 / EUR 4,290 / GBP 3,690 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Open access
- Conflicts of interest
COI form required for authors Model summary
Author Information - COI Form (please open with Adobe Reader) (Download pdf, 1.2 MB)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Statement of Patient Consent form Model summary
Author information Statement of Patient Consent (Download docx, 55 kB)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Journal of General Internal Medicine, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing 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
- Springer International Publishing
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1986
- ISSN
- 0884-8734
- Electronic ISSN
- 1525-1497
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of General Internal Medicine
What CAS zone is Journal of General Internal Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of General Internal Medicine is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal / Health Care Sciences & Services. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of General Internal Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.02; CiteScore 6.8, h-index 287.
How long does peer review take at Journal of General Internal Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 151 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 160 days (interquartile range 110–216 days); authors report an average review time of 3–6 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. 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 Journal of General Internal Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of General Internal Medicine is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of General Internal Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of General Internal Medicine is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 5,290.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .