Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Journal of Medical Screening
ISSN 0969-1413 · eISSN 1475-5793 · SAGE Publications Ltd · ENGLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1994
Journal of Medical Screening: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.35; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; review about 86 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 42 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Medical Screening is published by SAGE Publications 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 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection and Cervical Cancer and HPV Research, together about 47.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Essential information about screening, epidemiology and public health Medical screening is the systematic application of a test or enquiry to identify individuals at sufficient risk of a specific disorder to benefit from further investigation or direct preventive action, among persons who have not sought medical attention on account of symptoms of that disorder.Journal of Medical Screening is dedicated to the science of medical screening. An interdisciplinary publication, the journal is concerned with all aspects of medical screening, particularly research presenting quantitative material that advances the practice of sound screening. The journal aims to increase awareness of the principles (including statistical aspects and the evaluation of screening tests and programmes), techniques and procedures, and methodologies from all specialities.In 2022, it was decided to consider publishing papers on specific primary preventive strategies that can directly prevent serious medical disorders either in tandem with screening or instead of screening. These articles can cover efficacy, cost-effectiveness and acceptability of appropriate interventions. We hope that this will extend the scope of the journal to reflect the health benefits of primary prevention that may have been overshadowed by medical screening (see Editorial in J Med Screen 2022; 29: 137 - /doi/10.1177/09691413221102322).This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rsm-jms.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Editor-in-chief Nicholas WaldPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 14, United States 4, Netherlands 2, Taiwan, China 1, Italy 1 (22 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningMedicine25.4%
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and DetectionMedicine13.5%
- Cervical Cancer and HPV ResearchMedicine9.1%
- Breast Lesions and CarcinomasMedicine6.2%
- Digital Radiography and Breast ImagingMedicine5%
- Prenatal Screening and DiagnosticsMedicine4.8%
- BRCA gene mutations in cancerBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.4%
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular PreventionMedicine2.8%
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 | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | 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 | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
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
- 2.35LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.08LetPub ·
- h-index
- 57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 83OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 880OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.02OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 42.35%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,678 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 14 | 6 |
| 2025 | 42 | 17 | 63 |
| 2024 | 37 | 21 | 161 |
| 2023 | 40 | 32 | 223 |
| 2022 | 41 | 27 | 466 |
| 2021 | 46 | 25 | 618 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
86 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports over 12 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 12%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 1 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 86 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 24 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 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — | |
| 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.
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
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted10, with length limits
- case reportCovering letterThe covering letter is important. To help the Editor in his preliminary evaluation, please indicate why you think the paper suitable for publicat…Length not stated
- correspondenceCovering letterThe covering letter is important. To help the Editor in his preliminary evaluation, please indicate why you think the paper suitable for publicat…Length not stated
- editorialCovering letterThe covering letter is important. To help the Editor in his preliminary evaluation, please indicate why you think the paper suitable for publicat…Length not stated
- letterCovering letterThe covering letter is important. To help the Editor in his preliminary evaluation, please indicate why you think the paper suitable for publicat…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- lettersLetters Comments arising from recent articles published in the journal are welcomed. Original observations relating to short clinical or laboratory studies or s…Length not stated
- opinionCovering letterThe covering letter is important. To help the Editor in his preliminary evaluation, please indicate why you think the paper suitable for publicat…Length not stated
- original articleCovering letterThe covering letter is important. To help the Editor in his preliminary evaluation, please indicate why you think the paper suitable for publicat…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- original articlesOriginal articles The main text should in general not exceed 4000 words (excluding the Abstract, tables or figures, and references). The manuscript should be st…Length not stated
- research lettersResearch letters Research letters should in general not exceed 1500 words, with an unstructured Abstract (see above), up to two figures or tables, and no more t…Length not stated
- reviewCovering letterThe covering letter is important. To help the Editor in his preliminary evaluation, please indicate why you think the paper suitable for publicat…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency:Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk reject…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprints accepted Model summary
The journal does accept submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1994
- ISSN
- 0969-1413
- Electronic ISSN
- 1475-5793
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Medical Screening
What CAS zone is Journal of Medical Screening in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Medical Screening is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. 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 Medical Screening?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.35; CiteScore 4.8, h-index 83.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Medical Screening?
The publisher reports about 86 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 12%. 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 Journal of Medical Screening?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Suggested reviewers: Required; 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Medical Screening based?
Of the 22 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (14), United States (4) and Netherlands (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Medical Screening?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Medical Screening is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Medical Screening open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Medical Screening is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
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: .