Journal profile · MEDICINE, LEGAL
Medecine & Droit
ISSN 1246-7391 · eISSN 1873-6475 · Elsevier
Medecine & Droit: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,460; 24 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medecine & Droit is published by Elsevier 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 Medical and Health Sciences Research, Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues and Ethics and bioethics in healthcare, together about 54.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, LEGAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medical and Health Sciences ResearchMedicine28.9%
- Medical Malpractice and Liability IssuesHealth Professions17%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine8.6%
- Comparative International Legal StudiesSocial Sciences8.2%
- Health, Medicine and SocietyHealth Professions7.3%
- Healthcare RegulationHealth Professions4.3%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine2.6%
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences2.6%
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, Legal | 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, Legal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q4 | 932/1162 | 19th |
| General Medicine | Q4 | 550/669 | 17th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 95OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 28.07%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,553 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 6 | 76 |
| 2025 | 24 | 7 | 76 |
| 2024 | 33 | 21 | 160 |
| 2023 | 30 | 8 | 267 |
| 2022 | 31 | 15 | 210 |
| 2021 | 28 | 13 | 314 |
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.
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 | USD 2,460 / EUR 2,240 / GBP 1,970 / JPY 305,110 | — | — |
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
- Elsevier
- ISSN
- 1246-7391
- Electronic ISSN
- 1873-6475
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medecine & Droit
What CAS zone is Medecine & Droit in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Medecine & Droit is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medicine, Legal. 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.
Which databases index Medecine & Droit?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medecine & Droit is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Medecine & Droit open access, and what is the APC?
Medecine & Droit is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,460.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .