Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Medical Care
ISSN 0025-7079 · eISSN 1537-1948 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1963
Medical Care: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.8; JCR Q3 (journal website); hybrid open access; median 210 days to acceptance (39 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: hard; 146 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medical Care is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. 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 Healthcare Policy and Management, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, together about 41.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
To describe the development and implementation of an expert-derived data-driven algorithm to identify OOHP risk among Medicaid-enrolled children residing in 2 Ohio counties between 2022 and 2024 (n=27,000), discuss practical considerations for data sharing and linkage across multiple agencies, and identify lessons learned.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Editor-in-chief Amresh D. HanchatePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance20.2%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions14.2%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7%
- Patient Satisfaction in HealthcareHealth Professions6.7%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions5.1%
- Chronic Disease Management StrategiesMedicine4.7%
- Global Health Care IssuesHealth Professions3.4%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences3%
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 | Health Policy & Services | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Policy & Services | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
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 | Health Policy & Services | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q3 · HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES · rank 128/194
- JCR Q3 · HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES · rank 85/125
- JCR Q3 · PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH · rank 260/443
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.8LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 161LetPub ·
- h-index
- 275OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6,036OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 19.41%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 119LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9,814 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 123 | 54 | 46 |
| 2025 | 146 | 71 | 280 |
| 2024 | 145 | 80 | 493 |
| 2023 | 161 | 97 | 1,032 |
| 2022 | 122 | 69 | 1,475 |
| 2021 | 241 | 138 | 5,145 |
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
210 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 150 days – 245 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 43 days (39 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 258 days
- Sample
- 39 articles with submission and acceptance dates (331 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)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- HardLetPub ·
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1963
- ISSN
- 0025-7079
- Electronic ISSN
- 1537-1948
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 64, Issue 10 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medical Care
What CAS zone is Medical Care in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Medical Care is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Health Policy & Services / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health / Health Care Sciences & Services. 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 Medical Care?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.8; CiteScore 4.6, h-index 275.
How long does peer review take at Medical Care?
Based on the dates recorded on 39 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 210 days (interquartile range 150–245 days); authors report an average review time of 3–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Hard”. 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 JCR quartile is Medical Care in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES Q3 (128/194), HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES Q3 (85/125), PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Q3 (260/443). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Medicine.
Which databases index Medical Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medical Care is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Medical Care open access, and what is the APC?
Medical Care is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .