Journal profile
Michael
ISSN 1893-9651 · eISSN 2703-8874 · The Norwegian Medical Society (Det Norske Medicinske Selskab) · Norway
Michael: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 98 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Michael is published by The Norwegian Medical Society (Det Norske Medicinske Selskab). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are History of Science and Medicine, Health Services Management and Policy and Healthcare Systems and Practices, together about 26.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Michael inviterer forfattere til å sende inn artikler om medisinsk historie, medisinsk humaniora, samfunnsmedisin og helsepolitikk.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- History of Science and MedicineArts and Humanities13.1%
- Health Services Management and PolicyHealth Professions7.7%
- Healthcare Systems and PracticesHealth Professions6.2%
- Biographical and Historical AnalysisArts and Humanities5.8%
- Medical History and InnovationsArts and Humanities5%
- Autobiographical and Biographical WritingArts and Humanities5%
- Medicine, History, and PhilosophyMedicine4.6%
- Public Health Policies and EducationHealth Professions4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 287 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 69 | 69 | 7 |
| 2025 | 98 | 98 | 11 |
| 2024 | 120 | 120 | 20 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Open peer review, Unspecified 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | NOK 20,000 | Yes | CC BY-ND | |
| LetPub | NOK 20,000 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Not considered
- artikler som har vært offentliggjort tidligere
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- bokanmeldelserLederartikler og bokanmeldelser skrives på invitasjon fra redaksjonen.Length not stated
- fagartiklerFagartikler (maksimalt 3000 ord) forklarer eller drøfter et tema ved hjelp av eksisterende kunnskap og kilder.main text ≤ 3,000 words
- kommentarerKommentarer (maksimalt 1000 ord) er korte meningsytringer knyttet til en velavgrenset problemstilling.main text ≤ 1,000 words
- kronikkI en kronikk (maksimalt 3000 ord) presenterer forfatteren et synspunkt og diskuterer dette på en balansert måte.main text ≤ 3,000 words
- lederartiklerLederartikler og bokanmeldelser skrives på invitasjon fra redaksjonen.Length not stated
- originalartiklerOriginalartikler (maksimalt 4000 ord) skal presentere ny kunnskap, skaffet til veie av forfatterne gjennom egen forskning.main text ≤ 4,000 words
- vitenskapelige oversiktsartikkelI en vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel (maksimalt 4000 ord) presenterer forfatterne et kvalifisert utvalg av studier, tekster og annen informasjon om et spesielt …main text ≤ 4,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Self-archiving
- Publication ethics
Følger COPE og ICMJE. Model summary
Michael redigeres etter redaktørplakaten og er medlem av Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), og følger retningslinjene derfra og fra International Committee of Medical Journals (Vancouvergruppen).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC BY-ND 4.0. Model summary
Alt innhold publiseres under Creative Commons-lisensen CC BY-ND 4.0.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Åpen tilgang. Model summary
Michael er et tidsskrift med åpen tilgang (open access) som publiseres på nettstedene www.michaeljournal.no/ og https://journals.uio.no/michael, samtidig som det utgis på papir.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Vitenskapelig publikasjonskanal nivå 1 Model summary
Michael er godkjent som vitenskapelig publikasjonskanal på nivå 1.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Ikke tidligere publiserte artikler. Model summary
Michael publiserer ikke artikler som har vært offentliggjort tidligere.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Fri deponering i vitenarkiv uten tidsforsinkelse. Model summary
Den publiserte artikkelen kan fritt deponeres i et vitenarkiv uten tidsforsinkelse.
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
- The Norwegian Medical Society (Det Norske Medicinske Selskab)
- Country or region
- Norway
- Language
- English, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
- ISSN
- 1893-9651
- Electronic ISSN
- 2703-8874
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Michael
How long does peer review take at Michael?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Michael?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver. 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 Michael?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Michael is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Michael open access, and what is the APC?
Michael is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .