Journal profile · Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
ISSN 1067-5027 · eISSN 1527-974X · Oxford University Press · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 7.11; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,332; median 119 days to acceptance (107 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: hard; 244 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 2 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, Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies and Machine Learning in Healthcare, together about 43.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The official journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Publishes peer-reviewed research for biomedical and health informatics. Coverage
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Editor-in-chief Suzanne BakkenPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Electronic Health Records SystemsHealth Professions25%
- Biomedical Text Mining and OntologiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
- Machine Learning in HealthcareComputer Science8.1%
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationMedicine5.2%
- Mobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsHealth Professions5.1%
- Topic ModelingComputer Science4%
- Healthcare Systems and TechnologyBusiness, Management and Accounting3.5%
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Information Systems | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 7.11LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 11.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.87LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 132LetPub ·
- h-index
- 238OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,780OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 11.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 38.63%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 203LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,287 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 153 | 139 | 120 |
| 2025 | 244 | 228 | 1,972 |
| 2024 | 324 | 323 | 6,236 |
| 2023 | 256 | 256 | 5,328 |
| 2022 | 254 | 254 | 6,010 |
| 2021 | 301 | 301 | 9,385 |
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 PubMed · to
119 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 86 days – 150 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 31 days (45 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 153 days
- Sample
- 107 articles with submission and acceptance dates (550 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)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- HardLetPub ·
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 4,332 | — | — |
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
- Oxford University Press
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 1067-5027
- Electronic ISSN
- 1527-974X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 33, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
What CAS zone is Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Computer Science, Information Systems / Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications / Health Care Sciences & Services / Information Science & Library Science / Medical Informatics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 7.11; CiteScore 11.7, h-index 238.
How long does peer review take at Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association?
Based on the dates recorded on 107 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 119 days (interquartile range 86–150 days); authors report an average review time of 3–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Hard”. 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 the American Medical Informatics Association?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,332.
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: .