Journal profile · MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
SAGE Open Medicine
ISSN 2050-3121 · SAGE Publishing · United Kingdom
SAGE Open Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.2 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,000; median 115 days to acceptance (100 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 12.3% (journal website); 165 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
SAGE Open Medicine is published by SAGE Publishing 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 Global Maternal and Child Health, COVID-19 and Mental Health and Child Nutrition and Water Access, together about 22.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sage Open Medicine is a peer-reviewed, open access journal, which focusses on all aspects of medicine and welcomes original research and review articles from across the health sciences in the broadest sense. This journal is indexed in Pubmed Central and ESCI. View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 9, United Kingdom 7, India 5, Italy 2, Canada 2 (46 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine11.8%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology5.7%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing5.2%
- Diabetes Management and EducationMedicine5.2%
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesMedicine5.1%
- Maternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsMedicine5%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine4.5%
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsMedicine4.4%
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PMCPublisher website
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 (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.05LetPub ·
- h-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 887OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 163LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,291 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 155 | 155 | 19 |
| 2025 | 165 | 165 | 239 |
| 2024 | 285 | 285 | 1,686 |
| 2023 | 239 | 239 | 1,921 |
| 2022 | 330 | 330 | 4,351 |
| 2021 | 246 | 246 | 5,927 |
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
115 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 88 days – 146 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (101 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 133 days
- Sample
- 100 articles with submission and acceptance dates (374 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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 12.3%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 27 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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 | USD 2,000 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,000 | Yes | — |
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
- SAGE Publishing
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2050-3121
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- 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 SAGE Open Medicine
What CAS zone is SAGE Open Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, SAGE Open Medicine is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of SAGE Open Medicine?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 64.
How long does peer review take at SAGE Open Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 100 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 115 days (interquartile range 88–146 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 12.3%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of SAGE Open Medicine based?
Of the 46 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (9), United Kingdom (7) and India (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index SAGE Open Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, SAGE Open Medicine is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is SAGE Open Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
SAGE Open Medicine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .