Journal profile · Health Professions-Medical Terminology
Medical Writing
ISSN 2047-4806 · eISSN 2047-4814 · European Medical Writers Association
Medical Writing: subscription journal; 95 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2015 (Volume 24, Issue 4): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medical Writing is published by European Medical Writers Association. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Academic Writing and Publishing, Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare and Publishing and Scholarly Communication, together about 52.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Health Professions-Medical Terminology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Academic Writing and PublishingArts and Humanities26.4%
- Pharmaceutical industry and healthcarePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics14.7%
- Publishing and Scholarly CommunicationArts and Humanities11.5%
- Academic Publishing and Open AccessDecision Sciences7.9%
- Healthcare RegulationHealth Professions5.3%
- Health Literacy and Information AccessibilityHealth Professions3.4%
- Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug ReactionsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.7%
- Ethics in Clinical ResearchMedicine2.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Terminology | Q3 | 2/2 | 25th |
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 375/466 | 19th |
| Education | Q4 | 1418/1698 | 16th |
| Health Informatics | Q4 | 151/168 | 10th |
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
ScopusLetPub
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.28OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 927 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 537 |
| 2025 | 95 | 42 | 439 |
| 2024 | 96 | 94 | 402 |
| 2023 | 94 | 83 | 344 |
| 2022 | 44 | 43 | 339 |
| 2021 | 35 | 0 | 304 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
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Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- European Medical Writers Association
- ISSN
- 2047-4806
- Electronic ISSN
- 2047-4814
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 24, Issue 4 (2015)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medical Writing
Which databases index Medical Writing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medical Writing is indexed in Scopus.
Is Medical Writing open access, and what is the APC?
Medical Writing is a subscription 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: .