Journal profile
Journal of the Society for Clinical Data Management
ISSN 2694-1473 · Society for Clinical Data Management · United States
Journal of the Society for Clinical Data Management: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 23 weeks (community reports); 20 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Society for Clinical Data Management is published by Society for Clinical Data Management. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Research Data Management Practices, Electronic Health Records Systems and Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials, together about 53.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Health Information Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Articles submitted to JSCDM should be scholarly and at the same time relevant to the practice, i.e., the management or use of data in the design, conduct or reporting of clinical studies. Review will be undertaken for articles conforming to a JSCDM article type, adhering to these submission guidelines, written in well-formed English grammar, and non-commercial in nature. Ultimately, readers must be able to make their own judgments regarding the applicability and quality of published information. It is therefore the policy of JSCDM that the methods employed to arrive at assertions in published work, the contributors to published work, and the relevant relationships and activities of all participants in the peer-review and publication process be completely and clearly articulated. JSCDM articles generally vary from 2 to 6 pages (~1000–4,000 words) in length depending upon the article type. Word counts exclude references, acknowledgements, conflict of interest statements, contributorship statements, funding statements, and the author’s affiliations. Authors planning to submit a longer article, should contact the editorial office. Length allowances can be made for articles of particular substance or relevance to the profession. Manuscripts may, where appropriate, include an acknowledgements section recognizing support not rising to the level of intellectual contribution required of authorship. JSCDM will consider the following types of articles. Guidelines for the content and format of each article type are listed below. Original research Review articles Design manuscripts Education and professional development articles Consensus papers Opinion papers Letters to the Editor The Journal will consider publication of letters to the editor as a mechanism for readers to submit comments, questions, dissenting opinion or criticisms about current events or published articles. Letters that are professional, factual, clearly written, and grammatically correct will be considered for publication. Letters debating or commenting on previously published articles are encouraged and will prompt an invitation from JSCDM to the author of the work subject to the commentary to respond. Letters to the Editor will be published alongside other JSCDM articles under the “letter” article type but will not carry the peer-reviewed designation.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Axcellion Linkedin MelissaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Research Data Management PracticesComputer Science22.7%
- Electronic Health Records SystemsHealth Professions20.6%
- Statistical Methods in Clinical TrialsMathematics10.6%
- Ethics in Clinical ResearchMedicine7.5%
- Data Quality and ManagementDecision Sciences6.7%
- Medical Coding and Health InformationHealth Professions4.3%
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationMedicine3.6%
- Pharmaceutical studies and practicesMedicine3.6%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.81OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 111 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 41 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 49 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 31 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 30 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 8 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 23 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 23 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Article types accepted12
- case studiesArticles of interest include reports of original research, review articles, design manuscripts, case studies, demonstration projects, education and professional…Length not stated
- consensus papersConsensus papersLength not stated
- demonstration projectsArticles of interest include reports of original research, review articles, design manuscripts, case studies, demonstration projects, education and professional…Length not stated
- design manuscriptsDesign manuscriptsLength not stated
- education and professional developmentArticles of interest include reports of original research, review articles, design manuscripts, case studies, demonstration projects, education and professional…Length not stated
- education and professional development articlesEducation and professional development articlesLength not stated
- letters to the editorLetters to the EditorLength not stated
- opinion papersOpinion papersLength not stated
- original researchOriginal researchLength not stated
- reports of original researchArticles of interest include reports of original research, review articles, design manuscripts, case studies, demonstration projects, education and professional…Length not stated
- review articlesReview articlesLength not stated
- topic briefs including tutorials and perspectivesArticles of interest include reports of original research, review articles, design manuscripts, case studies, demonstration projects, education and professional…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Publication ethics
Adheres to SCDM Code of Ethics and ICMJE guidelines Model summary
JSCDM adheres to the SCDM Code of Ethics and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines except where noted in the Editorial Policies.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
SCDM publishes JSCDM content in an open access manner under a Attribution-Non-Commercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) license. This license lets others remix, adapt, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as they credit SCDM and the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. View License Deed| View Legal Code
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access Model summary
All content is fully available as open access for web searching and crawling.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Manuscript Review Process
After a complete submission is received in the journal management system, the corresponding author and all other authors will receive a confirmation email. Within three working days, the submission will be reviewed by the Editorial Office. Well-written submissions that are within the journal’s scope and of apparent scholarly rigor will be assigned to an Associate Editor. The assigned Associate Edi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening using similarity detection tools Model summary
Manuscripts will be screened for plagiarism using similarity detection tools.
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
- Society for Clinical Data Management
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2694-1473
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Society for Clinical Data Management
How long does peer review take at Journal of the Society for Clinical Data Management?
Authors report an average review time of about 23 weeks. 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 Society for Clinical Data Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Society for Clinical Data Management is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journal of the Society for Clinical Data Management open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Society for Clinical Data Management 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, 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: .