Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Medical Education Online
ISSN 1087-2981 · Taylor & Francis Group · United Kingdom
Medical Education Online: CAS Zone 3 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.39; JCR Q1 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,990; median 149 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 11% (journal website); 109 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medical Education Online is published by Taylor & Francis Group and is in Zone 3 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Innovations in Medical Education, Diversity and Career in Medicine and Medical Education and Admissions, together about 44.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Medical Education Online is an open access journal of health care education, publishing peer-reviewed research, perspectives, reviews, and early documentation of new ideas and trends. Medical Education Online aims to disseminate information on the education and training of physicians and other health care professionals. Manuscripts may address any aspect of health care education and training, including, but not limited to: Basic science education Clinical science education Residency education Learning theory Problem-based learning (PBL) Curriculum development Research design and statistics Measurement and evaluation Faculty development Informatics/web Medical Education Online accepts Research Articles, Review Articles, Rapid Communications, Letters to the Editor, Book Reviews, and Data Notes. The journal operates a double-anonymized peer review policy.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United States 20, United Kingdom 2, Mainland China 1, Japan 1, South Africa 1 (26 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine27.9%
- Diversity and Career in MedicineSocial Sciences8.6%
- Medical Education and AdmissionsMedicine7.6%
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine5.6%
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic SkillsMedicine5.5%
- Empathy and Medical EducationMedicine5%
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutHealth Professions4.5%
- Problem and Project Based LearningSocial Sciences3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
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
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPMCPsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, J-Gate, National Library of Medicine's MEDLARS system, Applied Social Sciences Indexing and Abstracting (ASSIA), EMCare, Intute Medicine including Dentistry, Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences edition, Open J-gate, Health Research Premium Collection, Hospital Premium Collect, ProQuest Central, SCIMago, ScienceOpen, Social Scisearch®, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, Open Citations Corpus
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
- 4.39LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.91LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.91Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 86OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 816OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 105LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 743,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,455 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 69 | 69 | 32 |
| 2025 | 109 | 109 | 565 |
| 2024 | 106 | 106 | 1,073 |
| 2023 | 100 | 100 | 2,216 |
| 2022 | 106 | 106 | 1,886 |
| 2021 | 91 | 91 | 2,603 |
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
149 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 105 days – 234 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 10 days (93 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 165 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (202 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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 68 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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 | AUD 4,165 / EUR 2,875 / GBP 2,392 / USD 2,990 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 1,785 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,100 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted6
- book reviewsMedical Education Online accepts Research Articles, Review Articles, Rapid Communications, Letters to the Editor, Book Reviews, and Data Notes.Length not stated
- data notesMedical Education Online accepts Research Articles, Review Articles, Rapid Communications, Letters to the Editor, Book Reviews, and Data Notes.Length not stated
- letters to the editorMedical Education Online accepts Research Articles, Review Articles, Rapid Communications, Letters to the Editor, Book Reviews, and Data Notes.Length not stated
- rapid communicationsMedical Education Online accepts Research Articles, Review Articles, Rapid Communications, Letters to the Editor, Book Reviews, and Data Notes.Length not stated
- research articlesMedical Education Online accepts Research Articles, Review Articles, Rapid Communications, Letters to the Editor, Book Reviews, and Data Notes.Length not stated
- review articlesMedical Education Online accepts Research Articles, Review Articles, Rapid Communications, Letters to the Editor, Book Reviews, and Data Notes.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Submission fees introduced from 22 September 2026. Model summary
This journal is introducing submission fees from 22 September 2026.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Medical Education Online is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership of your article Make an impact and reach new readers, not just thos…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymized peer review Model summary
The journal operates a double-anonymized peer review policy.
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
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1087-2981
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 31, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Medical Education Online
What CAS zone is Medical Education Online in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Medical Education Online is in Zone 3 of Education, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Medical Education Online?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.39; CiteScore 6.6, h-index 86.
How long does peer review take at Medical Education Online?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 149 days (interquartile range 105–234 days); authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 11%. 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 Education Online in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Education.
Where are the editorial board members of Medical Education Online based?
Of the 26 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (20), United Kingdom (2) and Mainland China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Medical Education Online?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medical Education Online is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PMC, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Medical Education Online open access, and what is the APC?
Medical Education Online is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,990.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .