Journal profile · MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL
Medical Gas Research
ISSN 2045-9912 · Springer Nature
Medical Gas Research: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; median 80 days to acceptance (88 articles, last 24 months); 91 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medical Gas Research is published by Springer Nature and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Biomedical and Chemical Research, Hydrogen's biological and therapeutic effects and Anesthesia and Sedative Agents, together about 35.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Biomedical and Chemical ResearchMedicine13.9%
- Hydrogen's biological and therapeutic effectsMedicine13.8%
- Anesthesia and Sedative AgentsMedicine8.3%
- Medical and Biological Ozone ResearchMedicine6%
- Sulfur Compounds in BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5%
- Neurological Disorders and TreatmentsNeuroscience4.9%
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesMedicine4.3%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medicine, Research & Experimental | Zone 3 |
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine | Q1 | 36/147 | 75th |
| Neuroscience (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 29/74 | 61st |
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
- 4.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 314OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.36OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 93.65%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 53LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 680 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 68 | 68 | 1,534 |
| 2025 | 91 | 91 | 1,514 |
| 2024 | 59 | 59 | 1,514 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | 1,319 |
| 2022 | 52 | 52 | 1,350 |
| 2021 | 48 | 48 | 1,154 |
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
80 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 56 days – 104 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 84 days (88 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 177 days
- Sample
- 88 articles with submission and acceptance dates (183 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".
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
- Springer Nature
- ISSN
- 2045-9912
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medical Gas Research
What CAS zone is Medical Gas Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Medical Gas Research is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 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.
How long does peer review take at Medical Gas Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 88 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 80 days (interquartile range 56–104 days). 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.
Which databases index Medical Gas Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medical Gas Research is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Medical Gas Research open access, and what is the APC?
Medical Gas Research 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; 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: .