Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (all)
Journal of the Indian Medical Association
ISSN 0019-5847 · Librapharm Ltd.
Journal of the Indian Medical Association: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; 165 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Indian Medical Association is published by Librapharm Ltd.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Malaria Research and Control and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, together about 18.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Infectious Diseases. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine7%
- Malaria Research and ControlMedicine6.2%
- Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMedicine5.6%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchMedicine5.6%
- History of Medicine and Tropical HealthArts and Humanities5.4%
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersMedicine4.8%
- Infectious Encephalopathies and EncephalitisMedicine4.8%
- Infectious Diseases and TuberculosisMedicine4.6%
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 | 638/669 | 4th |
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
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.06LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.02OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 572 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 159 | 159 | 5 |
| 2025 | 165 | 165 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2021 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
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
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 48 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 |
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
- Librapharm Ltd.
- ISSN
- 0019-5847
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Indian Medical Association
Which databases index Journal of the Indian Medical Association?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Indian Medical Association is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of the Indian Medical Association open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Indian Medical Association 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, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .