Journal profile · Medicine, General & Internal
Journal of Hospital Medicine
ISSN 1553-5592 · eISSN 1553-5606 · Frontline Medical Communications · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 2006
Journal of Hospital Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.79; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,400; median 112 days to acceptance (111 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 288 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Hospital Medicine is published by Frontline Medical Communications 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 Hospital Admissions and Outcomes, Emergency and Acute Care Studies and Healthcare Policy and Management, together about 31.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
<em>Journal of Hospital Medicine</em> is the premier publication for dissemination of research, education, and evidence-based clinical care within hospital medicine.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine, General & Internal
Editor-in-chief Innovations Corner LeadershipPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hospital Admissions and OutcomesMedicine15.6%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine9.2%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7%
- Heart Failure Treatment and ManagementMedicine5.8%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine5.7%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.5%
- Healthcare cost, quality, practicesHealth Professions4.8%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions4.5%
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 | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 3 |
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
- 1.79LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 104OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,439OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 33.27%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 153LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,371 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 253 | 152 | 24 |
| 2025 | 288 | 160 | 291 |
| 2024 | 334 | 219 | 1,020 |
| 2023 | 236 | 147 | 1,026 |
| 2022 | 276 | 103 | 1,770 |
| 2021 | 201 | 73 | 1,865 |
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
112 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 69 days – 144 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 22 days (111 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 143 days
- Sample
- 111 articles with submission and acceptance dates (579 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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 24%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher 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 3,400 / EUR 2,900 / GBP 2,610 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Frontline Medical Communications
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2006
- ISSN
- 1553-5592
- Electronic ISSN
- 1553-5606
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 21, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Hospital Medicine
What CAS zone is Journal of Hospital Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Hospital Medicine is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal. 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 Journal of Hospital Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.79; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 104.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Hospital Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 111 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 112 days (interquartile range 69–144 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 24%. 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 Hospital Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Hospital Medicine is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Hospital Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Hospital Medicine is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,400.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .