Journal profile · MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Medical Journal of Indonesia
ISSN 0853-1773 · eISSN 2252-8083 · Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia · Indonesia
Medical Journal of Indonesia: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC about USD 300; median 255 days to acceptance (82 articles, last 24 months); 51 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medical Journal of Indonesia is published by Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia 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 Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Public Health and Nutrition and Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins, together about 22.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Medical Journal of Indonesia is a peer-reviewed and open access journal that focuses on promoting medical sciences generated from basic sciences, clinical, and community or public health research to integrate researches in all aspects of human health. This journal publishes original articles, reviews, and also interesting case reports. Brief communications containing short features of medicine, latest developments in diagnostic procedures, treatment, or other health issues that is important for the development of health care system are also acceptable. Correspondence articles of our own published article are welcome. Subjects suitable for publication include, but are not limited to the following fields of: Allergy and immunology Anesthesiology Cancer and stem cells Cardiovascular Cell and molecular biology Child health Dermato-venereology Geriatrics Histopathology Internal medicine Neuro-psychiatric medicine Ophthalmology Oral medicine Otorhinolaryngology Physical medicine and rehabilitation Physio-pharmacology Pulmonology Radiology Surgery including orthopedic and urology Women's health Back to Top
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.3%
- Public Health and NutritionMedicine6.4%
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsMedicine5.1%
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine4.9%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing4.7%
- Malaria Research and ControlMedicine4.2%
- Birth, Development, and HealthMedicine4.2%
- Edcuational Technology SystemsComputer Science4%
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, General & Internal | 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, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 114OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.29%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 39LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 1,992Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,774 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| 2025 | 51 | 51 | 18 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | 44 |
| 2023 | 49 | 49 | 47 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 134 |
| 2021 | 50 | 50 | 166 |
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
255 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 206 days – 287 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 85 days (82 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 342 days
- Sample
- 82 articles with submission and acceptance dates (89 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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double blind peer reviewLetPub
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
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 300 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 300 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 400 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- USD 400
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 3–6
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted6
- brief communicationWe accept four types of articles: (1) original articles: basic medical research, clinical research, or community research; (2) case report; (3) review article; …Length not stated
- case reportWe accept four types of articles: (1) original articles: basic medical research, clinical research, or community research; (2) case report; (3) review article; …Length not stated
- correspondenceWe accept four types of articles: (1) original articles: basic medical research, clinical research, or community research; (2) case report; (3) review article; …Length not stated
- editorialThe submitted manuscript will be checked by an editor for its suitability with Medical Journal of Indonesia’s focus and scope and for major methodological flaws…Length not stated
- original articlesWe accept four types of articles: (1) original articles: basic medical research, clinical research, or community research; (2) case report; (3) review article; …Length not stated
- review articleWe accept four types of articles: (1) original articles: basic medical research, clinical research, or community research; (2) case report; (3) review article; …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Title Page and Authorship
Article publication fee charged for all manuscript types; no submission fee. Model summary
The Title Page should contain: title of the article (concise, no abbreviations, maximum 16 words); full names of authors (without academic titles); authors' affiliations [name(s) of department(s) and institution(s)]; corresponding author's name, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address (institution specific address and e-mail address of the corresponding author will be publis…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
Conflicts of interest should be transparent as detail as possible as provided in the ICMJE form as a standardized authors' disclosures. Financial and personal relationships are easily identifiable that might bias or be seen to bias the work. Funding sources for the work should be described specifically with explanations of the role of those sources and the authors should declare that the supportin…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Publisher is a member of COPE; journal follows COPE guidelines for publication ethics. Model summary
The publisher of this journal is a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). This journal follows guidelines from COPE in facing all aspects of publication ethics and, in particular, how to handle cases of research and publication misconduct. All articles in this journal involving human subjects should respect principles of research ethics as described in the Declaration of Helsinki and st…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors retain copyright; CC BY-NC 4.0 license for articles from 2015 (Volume 24 Issue 4) onward. Model summary
Authors retain copyright and grant the Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia rights to publish the work licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) that allows others to remix, adapt, build upon the work non-commercially with an acknowledgment of the works authorship and initial publication in Medical Journal of Indonesi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Medical Journal of Indonesia is an open access journal which provides immediate, worldwide, barrier-free access to the full text of all published articles without charge readers or their institutions for access. Readers have right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of all articles in the Medical Journal of Indonesia. Back to Top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Double-blind peer review by at least two reviewers for all manuscripts except editorial, commentary, and correspondence. Model summary
TAll submitted manuscripts (except editorial, commentary, and correspondence) in Medical Journal of Indonesia undergo double-blind peer review by at least two reviewers. All manuscripts are sent to the reviewers anonymously. Reviewers’ comments are also sent anonymously to the corresponding author to take the necessary actions and responses. All reviewers are required to complete their evaluation …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
A preprint refers to the author’s version of a research manuscript shared publicly on an online preprint platform before undergoing a formal peer-review process in a journal. Medical Journal of Indonesia allows the submission of preprint manuscripts with prior notice in the cover letter by providing a link to the preprint and a description of any revisions or changes made in the submitted manuscri…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
Clinical trial registration required in an ICMJE-recommended registry, WHO ICTRP, or ClinicalTrials.gov prior to trial conduct. Model summary
The authors have to register all clinical trials to the publicly accessible registration in any registry as recommended by the ICMJE or integrated to the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) or in ClinicalTrials.gov, which is a data provider to the WHO ICTRP. The ICMJE defines a clinical trial as any research project that prospectively assigns people or a group of people to …
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
- Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0853-1773
- Electronic ISSN
- 2252-8083
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medical Journal of Indonesia
What CAS zone is Medical Journal of Indonesia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Medical Journal of Indonesia is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal. 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.
How long does peer review take at Medical Journal of Indonesia?
Based on the dates recorded on 82 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 255 days (interquartile range 206–287 days); authors report an average review time of about 24 weeks. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Medical Journal of Indonesia?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 3–6; Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Medical Journal of Indonesia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medical Journal of Indonesia is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Medical Journal of Indonesia open access, and what is the APC?
Medical Journal of Indonesia is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 300.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .