Journal profile · Medicine, General & Internal
Postgraduate Medical Journal
ISSN 0032-5473 · eISSN 1469-0756 · BMJ Publishing Group · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 1925
Postgraduate Medical Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.64; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,320; median 73 days to acceptance (118 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 77.5%; 256 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Postgraduate Medical Journal is published by BMJ Publishing Group 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 Innovations in Medical Education, Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, together about 19.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Postgraduate Medical Journal (PMJ) is a peer-reviewed journal that supports the continuing development of junior doctors and their teachers. PMJ is a Plan
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine, General & Internal
Editor-in-chief Bernard CheungPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine8.2%
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsMedicine6.1%
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine5.2%
- Medical History and InnovationsArts and Humanities4.8%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions4.5%
- Diversity and Career in MedicineSocial Sciences4.4%
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine4.3%
- Infectious Diseases and TuberculosisMedicine4.2%
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 3 |
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 3 |
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
- 3.64LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.05LetPub ·
- h-index
- 88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 205OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7,144OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.65OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 17.84%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 147LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 22,516 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 155 | 25 | 46 |
| 2025 | 256 | 56 | 329 |
| 2024 | 203 | 105 | 1,250 |
| 2023 | 142 | 84 | 1,451 |
| 2022 | 115 | 31 | 937 |
| 2021 | 333 | 113 | 4,034 |
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
73 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 39 days – 121 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 26 days (69 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 101 days
- Sample
- 118 articles with submission and acceptance dates (513 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 2.5 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 77.5%LetPub ·
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | GBP 3,276 | — | — |
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
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1925
- ISSN
- 0032-5473
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-0756
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 102, Issue 1211 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Postgraduate Medical Journal
What CAS zone is Postgraduate Medical Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Postgraduate 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.
What is the impact factor of Postgraduate Medical Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.64; CiteScore 6.4, h-index 205.
How long does peer review take at Postgraduate Medical Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 118 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 73 days (interquartile range 39–121 days); authors report an average review time of about 2.5 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 77.5%”. 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 Postgraduate Medical Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Postgraduate Medical Journal is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Postgraduate Medical Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Postgraduate Medical Journal is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,320.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .