Journal profile · MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Orvosi Hetilap
ISSN 0030-6002 · eISSN 1788-6120 · Akademiai Kiado · HUNGARY
Orvosi Hetilap: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.91; hybrid open access; median 24 days to acceptance (107 articles, last 24 months); 262 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Orvosi Hetilap is published by Akademiai Kiado 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 Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies, Data Analysis and Archiving and Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics, together about 59.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal publishes original and review papers in the fields of experimental and clinical medicine. It covers epidemiology, diagnostics, therapy and the prevention of human diseases as well as papers of medical history. Orvosi Hetilap is the oldest, still in-print, Hungarian publication and also the one-and-only weekly published scientific journal in Hungary. The strategy of the journal is based on the Curatorium of the Lajos Markusovszky Foundation and on the National and International Editorial Board. The 150 year-old journal is part of the Hungarian Cultural Heritage.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational StudiesSocial Sciences39.9%
- Data Analysis and ArchivingSocial Sciences13.1%
- Historical Geopolitical and Social DynamicsSocial Sciences6.3%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.9%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science3%
- Academic Writing and PublishingArts and Humanities3%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine3%
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine2.5%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 0.91LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 341OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.94OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 80%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 83.87%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 222LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,478 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 196 | 151 | 29 |
| 2025 | 262 | 194 | 227 |
| 2024 | 266 | 201 | 425 |
| 2023 | 275 | 254 | 582 |
| 2022 | 292 | 245 | 705 |
| 2021 | 345 | 289 | 826 |
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 PubMed · to
24 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 19 days – 34 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 83 days (109 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 108 days
- Sample
- 107 articles with submission and acceptance dates (522 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".
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Akademiai Kiado
- Country or region
- HUNGARY
- Language
- Multi-Language
- ISSN
- 0030-6002
- Electronic ISSN
- 1788-6120
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Orvosi Hetilap
What CAS zone is Orvosi Hetilap in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Orvosi Hetilap 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.
What is the impact factor of Orvosi Hetilap?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.91; CiteScore 1.1, h-index 30.
How long does peer review take at Orvosi Hetilap?
Based on the dates recorded on 107 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 24 days (interquartile range 19–34 days). 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 Orvosi Hetilap?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Orvosi Hetilap is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Orvosi Hetilap open access, and what is the APC?
Orvosi Hetilap is a hybrid 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: .