Journal profile · HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Medycyna Paliatywna-Palliative Medicine
ISSN 2081-0016 · eISSN 2081-2833
Medycyna Paliatywna-Palliative Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.3 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; 37 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Medycyna Paliatywna-Palliative Medicine 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 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Family Support in Illness and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, together about 48.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Oncology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Medycyna Paliatywna/Palliative Medicine is a quarterly journal of the Polish Association of Palliative Medicine addressed to doctors of various fields of medicine who take care of patients with incurable and life-limiting diseases. Major topics of the journal include symptomatic treatment, pain control and control of other clinical problems related to chronic, progressing and devastating diseases. The journal also discusses ethical issues and organisational problems concerning palliative diseases.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 2, Australia 1, Switzerland 1, Denmark 1, Ireland 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine24.5%
- Family Support in IllnessSocial Sciences14.2%
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeMedicine9.5%
- Patient Dignity and PrivacyMedicine7.2%
- Theology and Canon Law StudiesArts and Humanities4.2%
- Cancer survivorship and careMedicine3.3%
- Pain Management and Opioid UseMedicine3.3%
- Polish Law and Legal SystemSocial Sciences3.3%
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 | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | 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
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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)
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.12OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.78%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 250 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| 2025 | 37 | 37 | 1 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | 9 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | 20 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 17 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 54 |
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
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA |
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 websitePeer review
- Peer review
Sarajevo Declaration on Integrity and Visibility of Scholarly Publications Model summary
Sarajevo Declaration on Integrity and Visibility of Scholarly Publications
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
- ISSN
- 2081-0016
- Electronic ISSN
- 2081-2833
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 18 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Medycyna Paliatywna-Palliative Medicine
What CAS zone is Medycyna Paliatywna-Palliative Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Medycyna Paliatywna-Palliative Medicine is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services. 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.
What is the impact factor of Medycyna Paliatywna-Palliative Medicine?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 6.
Where are the editorial board members of Medycyna Paliatywna-Palliative Medicine based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (2), Australia (1) and Switzerland (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Medycyna Paliatywna-Palliative Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Medycyna Paliatywna-Palliative Medicine is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Medycyna Paliatywna-Palliative Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Medycyna Paliatywna-Palliative Medicine is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .