Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (all)
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
ISSN 0002-9955 · eISSN 1538-3598 · American Medical Association · Weekly
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); subscription journal; community-reported acceptance: easy; 1,837 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION is published by American Medical Association and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are History of Science and Medicine, Medical research and treatments and Medical History and Innovations, together about 31.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- History of Science and MedicineArts and Humanities11.9%
- Medical research and treatmentsMedicine9.9%
- Medical History and InnovationsArts and Humanities9.8%
- Health Services Management and PolicyHealth Professions5.5%
- Health and Medical EducationHealth Professions5.4%
- Health, Medicine and SocietyHealth Professions5.2%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine4.8%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
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)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
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 | Q1 | 10/669 | 98th |
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
ScopusLetPub
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
- 26LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 5.84LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 10.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 1,012OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 60,546OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 9.76OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 341,077 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,616 | 257 | 195,395 |
| 2025 | 1,837 | 354 | 249,697 |
| 2024 | 1,865 | 411 | 271,475 |
| 2023 | 1,850 | 544 | 278,733 |
| 2022 | 1,695 | 585 | 301,921 |
| 2021 | 1,709 | 591 | 340,268 |
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
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- American Medical Association
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Weekly
- ISSN
- 0002-9955
- Electronic ISSN
- 1538-3598
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
What CAS zone is JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION is indexed in Scopus.
Is JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION open access, and what is the APC?
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .