Journal profile · MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
New Zealand Medical Journal
ISSN 0028-8446 · eISSN 1175-8716 · New Zealand Medical Association
New Zealand Medical Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 224 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
New Zealand Medical Journal is published by New Zealand Medical Association and 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 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening and Health Services Management and Policy, together about 24.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsSocial Sciences12%
- Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningMedicine6.6%
- Health Services Management and PolicyHealth Professions5.7%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine4.9%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine4.8%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine4.6%
- Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBusiness, Management and Accounting4.4%
- Cultural Competency in Health CareSocial Sciences4%
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 | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Medicine | Q2 | 268/669 | 60th |
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
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.6OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 25%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.22%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 148LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,167 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 230 | 206 | 357 |
| 2025 | 224 | 223 | 435 |
| 2024 | 217 | 212 | 317 |
| 2023 | 206 | 186 | 162 |
| 2022 | 121 | 113 | 13 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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
- New Zealand Medical Association
- ISSN
- 0028-8446
- Electronic ISSN
- 1175-8716
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about New Zealand Medical Journal
What CAS zone is New Zealand Medical Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, New Zealand Medical Journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal. 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.
Which databases index New Zealand Medical Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, New Zealand Medical Journal is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is New Zealand Medical Journal open access, and what is the APC?
New Zealand Medical Journal 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: .