Journal profile · MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Journal of Translational Internal Medicine
ISSN 2450-131X · eISSN 2224-4018 · SCIENDO · PEOPLES R CHINA · Quarterly · Founded 2013
Journal of Translational Internal Medicine: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 12.47; hybrid open access; APC about USD 1,130; 66 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Translational Internal Medicine is published by SCIENDO 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 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Liver Disease and Transplantation and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes, together about 28.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Nephrology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Translational Internal Medicine (JTIM) is devoted to promoting science and practice in translational medicine and internal medicine worldwide. The journal publishes original articles, rapid communications, editorials, reviews, highlights, perspectives, as well as other types with content relevant to these fields, including mechanism-re lated disease studies and non-surgical diagnosis and treatment research. Other types of articles include advanced experience, ideological highlights, and Q&A from scholars and scientists in related fields.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Editor-in-chief Jian KangPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine12.7%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine10.1%
- Chronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesMedicine5.6%
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchMedicine5.2%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine4.9%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.7%
- Ferroptosis and cancer prognosisMedicine4.5%
- Hepatitis C virus researchMedicine4.2%
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 | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, CNKI, Baidu, OCLC
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 12.47LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 12.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 8.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 11Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.02LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 277OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 93.98%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 43LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 633 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 70 | 70 | 33 |
| 2025 | 66 | 66 | 473 |
| 2024 | 46 | 46 | 812 |
| 2023 | 54 | 54 | 1,152 |
| 2022 | 60 | 60 | 1,175 |
| 2021 | 51 | 51 | 783 |
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
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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 | EUR 1,000 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 2,500 / EUR 800 | — | — |
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
- SCIENDO
- Country or region
- PEOPLES R CHINA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2013
- ISSN
- 2450-131X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2224-4018
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Translational Internal Medicine
What CAS zone is Journal of Translational Internal Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Translational Internal Medicine is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal. 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.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Translational Internal Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 12.47; CiteScore 11, h-index 45.
Which databases index Journal of Translational Internal Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Translational Internal Medicine is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Translational Internal Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Translational Internal Medicine is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 1,130.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .