Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (all)
Qatar Medical Journal
ISSN 0253-8253 · eISSN 2227-0426 · Hamad Medical Corporation · Qatar
Qatar Medical Journal: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 145 days to acceptance (106 articles, last 24 months); 124 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Qatar Medical Journal is published by Hamad Medical Corporation. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, together about 30.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mechanical Circulatory Support DevicesEngineering11%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine10.4%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine9.4%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.3%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchMedicine4.1%
- Asthma and respiratory diseasesMedicine3.7%
- Transplantation: Methods and OutcomesMedicine3.6%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine3.6%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Medicine | Q3 | 357/669 | 46th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 115OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.16OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,516 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 68 | 68 | 509 |
| 2025 | 124 | 124 | 639 |
| 2024 | 107 | 107 | 568 |
| 2023 | 68 | 68 | 598 |
| 2022 | 89 | 89 | 459 |
| 2021 | 67 | 67 | 357 |
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
145 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 115 days – 178 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 86 days (108 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 235 days
- Sample
- 106 articles with submission and acceptance dates (217 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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- Hamad Medical Corporation
- Country or region
- Qatar
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0253-8253
- Electronic ISSN
- 2227-0426
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Qatar Medical Journal
How long does peer review take at Qatar Medical Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 106 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 145 days (interquartile range 115–178 days); authors report an average review time of about 6 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 Qatar Medical Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Qatar Medical Journal is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Qatar Medical Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Qatar Medical Journal is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .