Journal profile · Health Care Sciences & Services
Journal of Medical Systems
ISSN 0148-5598 · eISSN 1573-689X · Springer US · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1977
Journal of Medical Systems: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 8.46; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,990; median 110 days to acceptance (110 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 193 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Medical Systems is published by Springer US and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Electronic Health Records Systems, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications and Healthcare Policy and Management, together about 24.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Medical Systems is a leading journal in health informatics and medical systems, focused on how health information technologies are designed, implemented, evaluated, governed, and used in clinical and health care delivery settings. The journal publishes work on clinical decision support, electronic health record-driven analytics, mobile health, consumer health technologies, workflow engineering and simulation, imaging and signal processing, education and training, health policy, and the application, evaluation, safety, ethics, and governance of clinical and generative artificial intelligence. The journal’s seven sections are Mobile Health; Implementation Science & Operations Management; Clinical Systems & Electronic Health Records; Image & Signal Processing; Consumer Health; Education & Training; and Health Policy.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Health Care Sciences & Services
Editor-in-chief Allan F. SimpaoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 6 in mainland China (about 13%); most named United States 20, Mainland China 6, Japan 3, Taiwan, China 2, Italy 2 (45 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Electronic Health Records SystemsHealth Professions13.7%
- Mobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsHealth Professions6.2%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Artificial Intelligence in HealthcareHealth Professions4.8%
- Biomedical Text Mining and OntologiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.7%
- EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeuroscience4.6%
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling OptimizationHealth Professions4.4%
- AI in cancer detectionComputer Science4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | 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 | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | 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
MEDLINEINSPECEmbaseCASDBLPCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, ACM Digital Library, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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
- 8.46LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 8.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 63LetPub ·
- h-index
- 142OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,641OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.96OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 42.54%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 159LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,000,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,694 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 138 | 65 | 79 |
| 2025 | 193 | 73 | 1,345 |
| 2024 | 106 | 57 | 2,490 |
| 2023 | 126 | 75 | 3,375 |
| 2022 | 101 | 62 | 2,114 |
| 2021 | 118 | 72 | 2,877 |
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
110 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 69 days – 152 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (110 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 126 days
- Sample
- 110 articles with submission and acceptance dates (350 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 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 4,990 / EUR 3,890 / GBP 3,090 | — | — |
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
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted13, with length limits
- brief reportPurpose: Concise methods, tools, datasets, pipelines, or small implementations of high practical interest.Length: ≤ 2,000 words; ≤ 2 figures or tables; ≤ 15 ref…main text ≤ 2,000 words · figures and tables ≤ 2 · references ≤ 15
- comment and editorialPurpose: Timely perspectives, policy or methodological commentary, or invited accompaniments to recent journal content. Length: ≤ 2,000 words; no abstract.Length not stated
- commentaryThe Journal of Medical Systems accepts the following types of papers: Research Purpose: New empirical findings in clinical/biomedical informatics or medical sys…Length not stated
- correspondencePurpose: Concise scholarly reactions to recently published articles or brief, evidence-anchored observations relevant to a clinical informatics audience.Length …main text ≤ 1,250 words · figures and tables ≤ 1 · references ≤ 5
- editorialThe Journal of Medical Systems accepts the following types of papers: Research Purpose: New empirical findings in clinical/biomedical informatics or medical sys…Length not stated
- educational articlePurpose: Research or innovations in training or education within health systems and informatics. Length: ≤ 4,000 words.Length not stated
- meta-analysisThe Journal of Medical Systems accepts the following types of papers: Research Purpose: New empirical findings in clinical/biomedical informatics or medical sys…Length not stated
- narrative reviewThe Journal of Medical Systems accepts the following types of papers: Research Purpose: New empirical findings in clinical/biomedical informatics or medical sys…Length not stated
- perspectiveThe Journal of Medical Systems accepts the following types of papers: Research Purpose: New empirical findings in clinical/biomedical informatics or medical sys…Length not stated
- protocolThe Journal of Medical Systems accepts the following types of papers: Research Purpose: New empirical findings in clinical/biomedical informatics or medical sys…Length not stated
- researchPurpose: New empirical findings in clinical/biomedical informatics or medical systems. Length: ≤ 4,000 words (main text). Include an abstract ≤ 300 words.Length not stated
- reviewThe Journal of Medical Systems accepts the following types of papers: Research Purpose: New empirical findings in clinical/biomedical informatics or medical sys…main text ≤ 5,500 words
- systematic reviewThe Journal of Medical Systems accepts the following types of papers: Research Purpose: New empirical findings in clinical/biomedical informatics or medical sys…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Generative AI Images
AI/LLM use must be reported; LLMs cannot be authors. Model summary
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Meet JOMS expectations for data, code, and AI disclosure
All original research must include a Data Availability Statement If data are public, provide links/citations to the archived dataset(s) If data cannot be shared publicly, explain how they can be accessed and any conditions for reuse Authors are strongly encouraged to deposit supporting data in a public repositoryFor AI / ML / GenAI manuscripts, report: data provenance and governance inclusion/excl…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data availability statement required for all original research; deposit in public repository encouraged. Model summary
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Journal of Medical Systems, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Reference integrity; fabrication or citation manipulation grounds for rejection. Model summary
Authors must ensure each citation exists, has been read, and supports the specific statement made.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
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 US
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1977
- ISSN
- 0148-5598
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-689X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Medical Systems
What CAS zone is Journal of Medical Systems in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Medical Systems is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services / Medical Informatics. 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 Systems?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 8.46; CiteScore 10.8, h-index 142.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Medical Systems?
Based on the dates recorded on 110 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 110 days (interquartile range 69–152 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Medical Systems?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Templates: LaTeX and Word; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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 Systems based?
Of the 45 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 6 (about 13%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (20), Mainland China (6) and Japan (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Medical Systems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Medical Systems is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, INSPEC, Embase, CAS, DBLP and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Medical Systems open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Medical Systems is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,990.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .