Journal profile
Papua New Guinea Medical Journal
ISSN 0031-1480 · eISSN 2981-8680 · CSIRO Publishing · Australia · 4 issues per year · Founded 1955
Papua New Guinea Medical Journal: fully open access; no APC; 13 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Papua New Guinea Medical Journal is published by CSIRO Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Malaria Research and Control, History of Medicine and Tropical Health and Global Maternal and Child Health, together about 24.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Papua New Guinea Medical Journal is focused on public health and the practice of medicine in Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief William S. PomatPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Malaria Research and ControlMedicine8.8%
- History of Medicine and Tropical HealthArts and Humanities8.1%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine7.5%
- Mosquito-borne diseases and controlMedicine6.9%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing6.3%
- Leprosy Research and TreatmentMedicine5%
- Parasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentMedicine4.4%
- Global Health Workforce IssuesHealth 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
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.09OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 119 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 2 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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
- CSIRO Publishing
- Country or region
- Australia
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- 4 issues per year
- Founded
- 1955
- ISSN
- 0031-1480
- Electronic ISSN
- 2981-8680
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 67, Issue 1 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Papua New Guinea Medical Journal
Is Papua New Guinea Medical Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Papua New Guinea Medical Journal is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .