Journal profile · Health Care Sciences & Services
Medical Teacher
ISSN 0142-159X · eISSN 1466-187X · Informa Healthcare · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1979
Medical Teacher: CAS Zone 3 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.92; hybrid open access; median 106 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 285 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medical Teacher is published by Informa Healthcare 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, Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills and Medical Education and Admissions, together about 49.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Medical Teacher provides accounts of new teaching methods, guidance on structuring courses and assessing achievement, and serves as a forum for communication between medical teachers and those involved in general education. In particular, the journal recognizes the problems teachers have in keeping up-to-date with the developments in educational methods that lead to more effective teaching and learning at a time when the content of the curriculum—from medical procedures to policy changes in health care provision—is also changing. The journal features reports of innovation and research in medical education, case studies, survey articles, practical guidelines, reviews of current literature and book reviews. All articles are peer reviewed.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Health Care Sciences & Services
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine33.3%
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic SkillsMedicine9%
- Medical Education and AdmissionsMedicine6.8%
- Empathy and Medical EducationMedicine5.6%
- Problem and Project Based LearningSocial Sciences3.8%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions3.7%
- Diversity and Career in MedicineSocial Sciences3.5%
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine3.5%
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 | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education, Scientific Disciplines | 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, Scientific Disciplines | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education, Scientific Disciplines | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 3.92LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 91LetPub ·
- h-index
- 200OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,867OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 7.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 182LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,614 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 213 | 124 | 108 |
| 2025 | 285 | 92 | 913 |
| 2024 | 371 | 117 | 2,790 |
| 2023 | 315 | 99 | 3,543 |
| 2022 | 222 | 70 | 4,439 |
| 2021 | 330 | 87 | 5,026 |
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
106 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 47 days – 186 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 123 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (615 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)
- 3–6 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
- Informa Healthcare
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1979
- ISSN
- 0142-159X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1466-187X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medical Teacher
What CAS zone is Medical Teacher in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Medical Teacher is in Zone 3 of Education, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services / Education, Scientific Disciplines. 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 Teacher?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.92; CiteScore 7.4, h-index 200.
How long does peer review take at Medical Teacher?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 106 days (interquartile range 47–186 days); authors report an average review time of 3–6 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Teacher?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medical Teacher is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Medical Teacher open access, and what is the APC?
Medical Teacher 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: .