Journal profile · LAW
Medicine and law
ISSN 0723-1393 · eISSN 2471-836X · Yozmol Heiliger
Medicine and law: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 31 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medicine and law is published by Yozmol Heiliger and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medical and Health Sciences Research, Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues and Ethics and bioethics in healthcare, together about 42.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): LAW
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Medical and Health Sciences ResearchMedicine19.1%
- Medical Malpractice and Liability IssuesHealth Professions13.5%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine9.6%
- Legal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 ChallengesMedicine5.6%
- Ethics in Clinical ResearchMedicine5.1%
- Maternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsMedicine3.9%
- Neonatal and fetal brain pathologyMedicine3.9%
- Health, Medicine and SocietyHealth Professions3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q3 | 870/1162 | 25th |
| Health Policy | Q4 | 310/330 | 6th |
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
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.01LetPub ·
- h-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.07OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 95 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Yozmol Heiliger
- ISSN
- 0723-1393
- Electronic ISSN
- 2471-836X
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medicine and law
What CAS zone is Medicine and law in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Medicine and law is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Law. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Medicine and law?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medicine and law is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Medicine and law open access, and what is the APC?
Medicine and law 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: .