Journal profile · HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Medical Humanities
ISSN 1468-215X · eISSN 1473-4265 · BMJ Publishing Group
Medical Humanities: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.3 (journal website); hybrid open access; 105 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medical Humanities is published by BMJ Publishing Group 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 Empathy and Medical Education, Mental Health and Psychiatry and Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices, together about 43.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Medical Humanities is an international journal from BMJ and IME publishing studies on the history of medicine, cultures of medicine, disability, gender, bioethics & medical education
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editor-in-chief Sabina DosaniPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Empathy and Medical EducationMedicine28.5%
- Mental Health and PsychiatryArts and Humanities9.2%
- Historical Psychiatry and Medical PracticesPsychology6.2%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine6%
- Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesArts and Humanities4.6%
- Mental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Professions3.5%
- Art Therapy and Mental HealthArts and Humanities3.4%
- History of Medicine StudiesArts and Humanities3.4%
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 | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Humanities, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
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)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.97LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 383OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 32.79%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 90LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,517 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 121 | 34 | 9 |
| 2025 | 105 | 44 | 112 |
| 2024 | 98 | 46 | 290 |
| 2023 | 79 | 41 | 312 |
| 2022 | 72 | 35 | 543 |
| 2021 | 66 | 32 | 499 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 6 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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
- BMJ Publishing Group
- ISSN
- 1468-215X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1473-4265
- Society / sponsor
- Institute of Medical Ethics
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medical Humanities
What CAS zone is Medical Humanities in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Medical Humanities is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Humanities, Multidisciplinary. 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 Humanities?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 49.
Which databases index Medical Humanities?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medical Humanities is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Medical Humanities open access, and what is the APC?
Medical Humanities 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .