Journal profile · Multiple
MDM Policy & Practice
ISSN 2381-4683 · SAGE Publishing · United States
MDM Policy & Practice: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.9 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,500; median 239 days to acceptance (72 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 61.8% (journal website); 44 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
MDM Policy & Practice is published by SAGE Publishing 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 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, together about 45.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics and General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
MDM Policy & Practice (MDM P&P), a journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making, is an Open Access journal that offers rig...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Brian J. Zikmund-FisherPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 60, United Kingdom 9, Canada 9, Australia 4, Germany 3 (92 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance21%
- Patient-Provider Communication in HealthcareHealth Professions17.4%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine7.1%
- Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningMedicine7.1%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.8%
- Patient Satisfaction in HealthcareHealth Professions4%
- Economic and Financial Impacts of CancerEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.8%
- Economic and Environmental ValuationEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.2%
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 | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | 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)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.08LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.96LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 110OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 39LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 347 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 36 | 2 |
| 2025 | 44 | 44 | 80 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | 66 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 192 |
| 2022 | 35 | 35 | 418 |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | 406 |
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 PubMed · to
239 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 169 days – 318 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 66 days (72 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 306 days
- Sample
- 72 articles with submission and acceptance dates (82 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)
- about 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 61.8%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 243 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 67 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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 | USD 2,500 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,500 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 3,000 / USD 2,000 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
Open access under CC-BY NC license Model summary
MDM P&P publishes manuscripts under the Creative Commons by Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC-BY NC), which allows others to re-use the work without permission as long as the work is properly referenced and the use is non-commercial.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Model summary
MDM Policy & Practice is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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
- SAGE Publishing
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2381-4683
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 MDM Policy & Practice
What CAS zone is MDM Policy & Practice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, MDM Policy & Practice is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services / Health Policy & Services. 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 MDM Policy & Practice?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.9; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.8, h-index 26.
How long does peer review take at MDM Policy & Practice?
Based on the dates recorded on 72 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 239 days (interquartile range 169–318 days); authors report an average review time of about 15 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 61.8%. 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 MDM Policy & Practice based?
Of the 92 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (60), United Kingdom (9) and Canada (9). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index MDM Policy & Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, MDM Policy & Practice is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is MDM Policy & Practice open access, and what is the APC?
MDM Policy & Practice is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,500.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .