Journal profile · Medicine, Research & Experimental
KAOHSIUNG JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
ISSN 1607-551X · eISSN 2410-8650 · Wiley · TAIWAN · Monthly · Founded 1985
KAOHSIUNG JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.12; fully open access; APC about USD 1,320; median 100 days to acceptance (92 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: 12%; 209 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
KAOHSIUNG JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES is published by Wiley 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 Scientific and Economic Studies, Human auditory perception and evaluation and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, together about 26.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences (KJMS), is the official peer-reviewed open access publication of Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan. The journal was launched in 1985 to promote clinical and scientific research in the medical sciences in Taiwan, and to disseminate this research to the international community. It is published monthly by Wiley. KJMS aims to publish original research and review papers in all fields of medicine and related disciplines that are of topical interest to the medical profession. Authors are welcome to submit Perspectives, reviews, original articles, short communications, Correspondence and letters to the editor for consideration. The journal is indexed in SCIE, Medline, Scopus, EMBASE, CAB Abstracts, Index Medicus, GeoAbstracts, BIOSIS, SIIC Data Bases, Nutrition Abstracts & Reviews, Global Health and Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Kaohsiung Medical University (KMU, originally known as Kaohsiung Medical College) was formally established in 1954. Apart from being the first private medical university in, the KMU has also become an important cradle for highly-skilled physicians and medical-related specialists. The KMU put its full attention to the steadily evolving areas of basic medical science and clinical medical research. It has therefore laid a solid foundation as the leading medical institution in Southern Taiwan. Abstracting and Indexing Information BIOBASE: Current Awareness in Biological Sciences (Elsevier) CAB Abstracts® (CABI) CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service (ACS) Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Embase (Elsevier) Global Health (CABI) MEDLINE/PubMed (NLM) Nutrition Abstracts & Reviews Series A: Human & Experimental (CABI) Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics) SCOPUS (Elsevier) SIIC Databases (Sociedad Iberoamericana de Informacion Cientifica) Taiwan Periodical Literature System (National Central Library) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences deposits all articles in PMC (PubMed Central)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine, Research & Experimental
Editor-in-chief Wan-Long ChuangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Taiwan, China 53, United States 3, Japan 2, Hong Kong, China 1, Germany 1 (60 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering8.9%
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.8%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science7.4%
- MicroRNA in disease regulationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.2%
- Circular RNAs in diseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.3%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.4%
- Legal case studies and regulationsSocial Sciences4.2%
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, Research & Experimental | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medicine, Research & Experimental | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, Research & Experimental | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus
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
- 3.12LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.77LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30LetPub ·
- h-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,284OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.81OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 142LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 174Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 479,091Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,628 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 142 | 142 | 18 |
| 2025 | 209 | 209 | 270 |
| 2024 | 143 | 143 | 608 |
| 2023 | 159 | 159 | 1,161 |
| 2022 | 157 | 157 | 1,311 |
| 2021 | 160 | 160 | 1,715 |
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
100 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 60 days – 138 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 120 days
- Sample
- 92 articles with submission and acceptance dates (361 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)
- 12%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 111 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,320 / GBP 990 / EUR 1,120 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,200 / EUR 1,020 / GBP 900 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 800 | Yes | — |
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 3,500 words
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted8
- original article(1) Perspective These are comments on recent news or ground-breaking work and should provide a short review of the current state of research and explain the imp…Length not stated
- original paper(1) Perspective These are comments on recent news or ground-breaking work and should provide a short review of the current state of research and explain the imp…Length not stated
- perspective(1) Perspective These are comments on recent news or ground-breaking work and should provide a short review of the current state of research and explain the imp…Length not stated
- review(1) Perspective These are comments on recent news or ground-breaking work and should provide a short review of the current state of research and explain the imp…Length not stated
- review article(1) Perspective These are comments on recent news or ground-breaking work and should provide a short review of the current state of research and explain the imp…Length not stated
- short review(1) Perspective These are comments on recent news or ground-breaking work and should provide a short review of the current state of research and explain the imp…Length not stated
- survey(1) Perspective These are comments on recent news or ground-breaking work and should provide a short review of the current state of research and explain the imp…Length not stated
- viewpoint(1) Perspective These are comments on recent news or ground-breaking work and should provide a short review of the current state of research and explain the imp…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Changes to authorship
Authors are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the journal Editor. To request such a change, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places:…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 5. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Ethical Approval of Studies and Informed Consent For human or animal experimental investigations, appropriate institutional review board or ethics committee approval is required, and such approval should be stated in the methods section of the manuscript. For those investigators who do not have formal ethics review committees, the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki should be follow…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access (OA)
When an accepted article is received by Wiley’s production team, the corresponding author will receive an email asking them to login or register with Wiley Author Services. The corresponding author will be asked to complete the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs (CC-BY-NC-ND) license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper at this point. Mandated authors will be requested…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review The Editorial and Peer Review process:
As a general rule, the receipt of a manuscript will be acknowledged within 1 week of submission, and authors will be provided with a manuscript reference number for future correspondence. If such an acknowledgment is not received in a reasonable period of time, the author should contact the Editorial Office. Manuscripts are reviewed by the Editorial Office to ensure that the submission contains al…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint policy:
Wiley believes that journals publishing for communities with established pre-print servers should allow authors to submit manuscripts which have already been made available on a non-commercial preprint server. Allowing submission does not, of course, guarantee that an article will be sent out for review. It simply reflects our belief that journals should not rule out reviewing a paper simply becau…
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
- Wiley
- Country or region
- TAIWAN
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1985
- ISSN
- 1607-551X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2410-8650
- Society / sponsor
- Kaohsiung Medical University
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 42, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about KAOHSIUNG JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
What CAS zone is KAOHSIUNG JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, KAOHSIUNG JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medicine, Research & Experimental. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of KAOHSIUNG JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.12; CiteScore 5.7, h-index 64.
How long does peer review take at KAOHSIUNG JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES?
Based on the dates recorded on 92 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 100 days (interquartile range 60–138 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “12%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16% (2025). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of KAOHSIUNG JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 3–5; Manuscript length: ≤ 3,500 words; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of KAOHSIUNG JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES based?
Of the 60 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Taiwan, China (53), United States (3) and Japan (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index KAOHSIUNG JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, KAOHSIUNG JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is KAOHSIUNG JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES open access, and what is the APC?
KAOHSIUNG JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,320.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .