Journal profile · Medicine, General & Internal

Saudi Medical Journal

ISSN 0379-5284 · eISSN 1658-3175 · Saudi Arabian Armed Forces Hospital · SAUDI ARABIA · Monthly · Founded 1979

Saudi Medical Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.84; fully open access; median 84 days to acceptance (106 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 238 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.

Impact factor1.84Latest value listed by LetPub

CAS zoneZone 4 · Medicine2025 upgraded edition, major category · 2026 Xinrui edition Zone 4 · Medicine

Review time84 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · 106 articles, last 24 months · PubMed

APC—No source gives fee information

Acceptanceabout 50%Community average

Articles per year2382025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Saudi Medical Journal is published by Saudi Arabian Armed Forces Hospital 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 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders and Hepatitis B Virus Studies, together about 18.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Saudi Medical Journal is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal. It is an open access journal, with content released under a Creative Commons attribution-noncommercial license. The journal publishes original research articles, review articles, Systematic Reviews, Case Reports, Brief Communication, Brief Report, Clinical Note, Clinical Image, Editorials, Book Reviews, Correspondence, and Student Corner.

Source: LetPub

Research area (LetPub): Medicine, General & Internal

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsMedicine7.8%
Hemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersMedicine6.1%
Hepatitis B Virus StudiesMedicine4.6%
Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine4.5%
Pregnancy and preeclampsia studiesMedicine4.4%
Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine4.2%
Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.2%
Tracheal and airway disordersMedicine4.1%

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: 1.84LetPub · 2026-09-13
CiteScore 2026-06: 2.7LetPub · 2026-09-13
SJR 2026-06: 0.42LetPub · 2026-09-13
SNIP 2026-06: 1.04LetPub · 2026-09-13
h-index: 43LetPub · 2026-09-13
h-index: 90OpenAlex · 2026-10-01
i10-index: 2,813OpenAlex · 2026-10-01
2-year mean citedness: 2.54OpenAlex · 2026-10-01
Self-citation rate: 4.8%LetPub · 2026-09-13
Share of gold OA articles: 99.79%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year: 161LetPub · 2026-09-13

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,112 in total · the current year is incomplete

Year	Articles	Open access	Citations
2026	169	169	26
2025	238	238	345
2024	228	228	1,239
2023	206	206	1,158
2022	224	224	1,681
2021	246	246	2,579

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 · 2024-10-05 to 2026-10-05

84 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 59 days – 109 days

Acceptance to online: median 120 days (107 articles)
Submission to online: median 205 days
Sample: 106 articles with submission and acceptance dates (426 in the window); the latest was accepted on 2026-07-21

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 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13
Average acceptance (community reports): 50%LetPub · 2026-09-13

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 accessOpenAlex

Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).

No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Profile

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Saudi Medical Journal

What CAS zone is Saudi Medical Journal in?

In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Saudi 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 Saudi Medical Journal?

The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.84; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 90.

How long does peer review take at Saudi 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 84 days (interquartile range 59–109 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”. 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 Saudi Medical Journal?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Saudi Medical Journal is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.

Is Saudi Medical Journal open access, and what is the APC?

Saudi Medical Journal is a fully open-access 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: 2026-10-01.