Journal profile · Medicine, General & Internal
MOUNT SINAI JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
ISSN 0027-2507 · eISSN 1931-7581 · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1970
MOUNT SINAI JOURNAL OF MEDICINE: subscription journal; APC about USD 500; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 0 articles in 2025.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from December 2012 (Volume 79, Issue 6): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, MOUNT SINAI JOURNAL OF MEDICINE's largest topics are Innovations in Medical Education, Diabetes Treatment and Management and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, together about 16.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine: A Journal of Translational & Personalized Medicine , features articles on the evolving nature of clinical care, its close linkage to bio-medical research and the resulting opportunities for enhanced patient care. The Journal has published continuously since 1934 as a general medical journal for a worldwide audience, but starting January 2007, shifts its focus to translational and personalized medicine, areas of growing medical importance and interest. CONTENTS Each issue will contain review articles invited and submitted from distinguished guest authors from international institutions. In addition, the Journal will accept unsolicited articles on state of the art topics that will be subject to peer review. The Journal will publish on a regular basis: How I Treat : A master clinician will discuss how he/she treats a particular disease. Prismatic Cases : A history of medicine section that elaborates how an individual patient case led to a discovery of a new disease entity or altered the direction of a major area of research. Reviews of New Therapies, Procedures and Drugs : Objective assessments of the safety and efficacy of new drugs and treatments, surgical techniques and devices. Dean’s Lecture Series : Mount Sinai School of Medicine’s renowned Lecture Series meant to educate on a wide variety of medical topics. The Journal will also accept Clinicopathological Conferences, Letters to the Editors and Editorials.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine, General & Internal
Editor-in-chief Penny A. AsbellPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine6.2%
- Diabetes Treatment and ManagementMedicine5.5%
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesMedicine5.1%
- Transplantation: Methods and OutcomesMedicine5.1%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions5.1%
- Diversity and Career in MedicineSocial Sciences4.7%
- Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchMedicine4.4%
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions4.4%
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
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEWeb of ScienceScopusMEDLINEPubMedCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Index Medicus, Hospital Literature Index, International Nursing Index, Excerpta Medica, Biological Abstracts
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 63OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 243OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 413 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 419 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 691 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 901 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 964 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 965 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1,109 |
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | USD 500 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- USD 500
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 prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 400 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,500 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Templates
- Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- case studies; primary research articles
Article types accepted1
- review articleMSJM seeks review articles that have the following:Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Open access
- Authorship AUTHORSHIP INFORMATION
Attached to each galley proof is a Required Form for Authors. (This form is also available at www.mountsinaijournal.org.) The form includes four numbered sections, as follows: 1. Authorship Responsibility 2. Financial Disclosure 3. Copyright 4. US Federal Employees Each author must sign sections 1 and 2 and either 3 or 4. Note that Section 2 requires an addendum on an author’s affiliation with or …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
NIH Public Access Mandate policy statement available from Wiley-Blackwell Model summary
NIH Public Access Mandate For those interested in the Wiley-Blackwell policy on the NIH Public Access Mandate, please visit our policy statement
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
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1970
- ISSN
- 0027-2507
- Electronic ISSN
- 1931-7581
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 79, Issue 6 (December 2012)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about MOUNT SINAI JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
How long does peer review take at MOUNT SINAI JOURNAL OF MEDICINE?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of MOUNT SINAI JOURNAL OF MEDICINE?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 400 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,500 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Templates: Word; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. 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 MOUNT SINAI JOURNAL OF MEDICINE?
The journal's website lists SCIE, Web of Science, Scopus, MEDLINE, PubMed, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is MOUNT SINAI JOURNAL OF MEDICINE open access, and what is the APC?
MOUNT SINAI JOURNAL OF MEDICINE is a subscription journal. APC about USD 500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .