Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (all)
Journal of Medical Sciences (Taiwan)
ISSN 1011-4564 · eISSN 2542-4939 · Wolters Kluwer Health · India
Journal of Medical Sciences (Taiwan): diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 87 days to acceptance (80 articles, last 24 months); 48 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Medical Sciences (Taiwan) is published by Wolters Kluwer Health. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Anesthesia and Sedative Agents, Anesthesia and Pain Management and Airway Management and Intubation Techniques, together about 29.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
This study aimed to investigate the capacity of serum exosomes derived from individuals with/without diabetes and with different vitamin D statuses to enhance keratinocyte-mediated wound healing.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Editor-in-chief Dueng-Yuan HuengPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Anesthesia and Sedative AgentsMedicine12%
- Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine8.7%
- Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesMedicine8.5%
- Head and Neck Cancer StudiesMedicine4.9%
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine4.9%
- Metastasis and carcinoma case studiesMedicine4.9%
- Neurosurgical Procedures and ComplicationsMedicine4.6%
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.1%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Medicine | Q4 | 561/669 | 16th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.34OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 765 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 35 | 157 |
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | 189 |
| 2024 | 46 | 46 | 173 |
| 2023 | 72 | 72 | 214 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 179 |
| 2021 | 90 | 90 | 190 |
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
87 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 58 days – 112 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 75 days (80 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 157 days
- Sample
- 80 articles with submission and acceptance dates (91 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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 11 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
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-NC-SA | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1011-4564
- Electronic ISSN
- 2542-4939
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 46, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Medical Sciences (Taiwan)
How long does peer review take at Journal of Medical Sciences (Taiwan)?
Based on the dates recorded on 80 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 87 days (interquartile range 58–112 days); authors report an average review time of about 24 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.
Which databases index Journal of Medical Sciences (Taiwan)?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Medical Sciences (Taiwan) is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Medical Sciences (Taiwan) open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Medical Sciences (Taiwan) 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, Publisher website, 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: .