Journal profile · Medicine-General Medicine
Journal of the Korean Medical Association
ISSN 1975-8456 · eISSN 2093-5951 · Korean Medical Association · SOUTH KOREA · Monthly · Founded 1995
Journal of the Korean Medical Association: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.5 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 29 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 107 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Korean Medical Association is published by Korean Medical Association 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 Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies, Health and Wellbeing Research and Healthcare Policy and Management, together about 21.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of the Korean Medical Association (JKMA) is the official peer-reviewed, open-access, monthly journal of the Korean Medical Association (KMA). It contains articles in Korean or English. Its abbreviated title is 'J Korean Med Assoc'. The aims of the Journal include contributing to the treatment of and preventing diseases of public health importance and to improvement of health and quality of life through sharing the state-of the-art scientific information on medicine by the members of KMA and other national and international societies.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-General Medicine
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named South Korea 29, Singapore 2, Taiwan, China 1, United States 1, Spain 1 (36 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education StudiesMedicine9.2%
- Health and Wellbeing ResearchHealth Professions7%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.6%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- Medical Malpractice and Liability IssuesHealth Professions5.1%
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine4.8%
- Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesMedicine4.5%
- Pharmacy and Medical PracticesPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.2%
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 | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 257OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 82LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,343 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 87 | 87 | 45 |
| 2025 | 107 | 107 | 113 |
| 2024 | 101 | 101 | 101 |
| 2023 | 93 | 93 | 139 |
| 2022 | 103 | 103 | 235 |
| 2021 | 109 | 109 | 462 |
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
29 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 17 days – 43 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 27 days (82 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 63 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (207 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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | KRW 100,000 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | KRW 100,000 | — | — |
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
- Korean Medical Association
- Country or region
- SOUTH KOREA
- Language
- English, Korean
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1995
- ISSN
- 1975-8456
- Electronic ISSN
- 2093-5951
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 69 (August 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Korean Medical Association
What CAS zone is Journal of the Korean Medical Association in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the Korean Medical Association is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of the Korean Medical Association?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 33.
How long does peer review take at Journal of the Korean Medical Association?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 29 days (interquartile range 17–43 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of the Korean Medical Association based?
Of the 36 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Korea (29), Singapore (2) and Taiwan, China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of the Korean Medical Association?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Korean Medical Association is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of the Korean Medical Association open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Korean Medical Association is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .