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npj Digital Medicine
ISSN 2398-6352 · NATURE RESEARCH · ENGLAND
npj Digital Medicine: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 17.86; fully open access; APC about USD 4,290; median 164 days to acceptance (186 articles, last 24 months); 884 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
npj Digital Medicine is published by NATURE RESEARCH and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Machine Learning in Healthcare and Digital Mental Health Interventions, together about 38.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Find out about the journal's aims and scope. Supporting the Sustainable Developmental Goals We are proud to acknowledge that over 50% of the articles published in npj Digital Medicine in 2025 were related to one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Springer Nature supports the SDGs through a dedicated SDG Programme and is a signatory of the SDG Publishers Compact.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationMedicine18.7%
- Machine Learning in HealthcareComputer Science11.6%
- Digital Mental Health InterventionsPsychology8.4%
- Mobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsHealth Professions6.6%
- AI in cancer detectionComputer Science5.6%
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMedicine5.4%
- Electronic Health Records SystemsHealth Professions3.3%
- Telemedicine and Telehealth ImplementationMedicine3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Medical Informatics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceINSPECEmbaseCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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
- Impact factor
- 17.86LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 18Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 19.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 18.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 4.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 169OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,566OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 13.71OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 797LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 11,614,365Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,247 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,319 |
| 2025 | 884 | 884 | 13,616 |
| 2024 | 386 | 386 | 16,191 |
| 2023 | 239 | 239 | 16,840 |
| 2022 | 197 | 197 | 15,132 |
| 2021 | 173 | 173 | 17,764 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
164 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 121 days – 257 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (186 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 185 days
- Sample
- 186 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,964 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 3,390 / USD 4,290 / GBP 3,090 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 4,090 / EUR 3,290 / GBP 2,990 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,790 / USD 3,790 / EUR 3,090 | Yes | — |
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 websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access
npj Digital Medicine is a fully open access journal. More on Creative Commons Attribution licenses and the benefits of publishing open access can be found in this section.
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
- NATURE RESEARCH
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2398-6352
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about npj Digital Medicine
What CAS zone is npj Digital Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, npj Digital Medicine is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services / Medical Informatics; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of npj Digital Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 17.86; CiteScore 18.2, h-index 169.
How long does peer review take at npj Digital Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 186 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 164 days (interquartile range 121–257 days); authors report an average review time of about 15 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.
Which databases index npj Digital Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, npj Digital Medicine is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, INSPEC, Embase and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is npj Digital Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
npj Digital Medicine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 4,290.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .