Journal profile
SciMedicine Journal
ISSN 2704-9833 · Ital Publication · Italy
SciMedicine Journal: fully open access; APC about USD 264; review about 8 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 29% (journal website); 0 articles in 2025.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2023 (Volume 5, Issue 3): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
SciMedicine Journal is published by Ital Publication. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, COVID-19 epidemiological studies and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, together about 35% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Please submit field reports, case studies, surveillance reports, technologies, apps, protocols and reports on isolation, suppression, treatment protocols, models, policy recommendations, rapid reviews, telework/telemedicine reports, etc. All types of articles are welcome, long and short.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 5%); most named United States 12, Italy 12, Mainland China 3, India 3, Brazil 3 (55 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine12.5%
- COVID-19 epidemiological studiesMathematics12.5%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchMedicine10%
- COVID-19 Prevention and ImpactSocial Sciences7.5%
- Radiation Dose and ImagingMedicine5.8%
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19Medicine5%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology4.2%
- Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningMedicine4.2%
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
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
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 19,147Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 138 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 129 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 191 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 273 |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | 743 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 29%Publisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | EUR 245 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 245 | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship Criteria
Authorship should be reserved for those, and only those, who have made a significant intellectual contribution to the research. Participation solely in the acquisition of funding or general supervision of the research group is not sufficient for authorship. Honorary authorship is not acceptable. 1) Everyone who is listed as an author should have made a substantial direct academic contribution (i.e…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability Policy
Data sharing and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper are encouraged by the SciMedicine Journal, but a Data Availability Statement may be required and published with the manuscript. The following options are provided for the authors during the submission process: - Data available in a publicly accessible repository: The data presented in this study are openly available in [repositor…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Model summary
- This work (including HTML and PDF Files) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting Guidelines
Authors are strongly encouraged to use appropriate reporting guidelines when preparing and submitting manuscripts, to maximize transparency and reproducibility. Our editors and reviewers are also encouraged to use them in the review process. Completed checklists should be provided in the supplementary files on submission. We particularly encourage the use of: CONSORT for randomized controlled tria…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Ital Publication
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2704-9833
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 5, Issue 3 (2023)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about SciMedicine Journal
How long does peer review take at SciMedicine Journal?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 29%. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of SciMedicine Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of SciMedicine Journal based?
Of the 55 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (12), Italy (12) and Mainland China (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Is SciMedicine Journal open access, and what is the APC?
SciMedicine Journal is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 264.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .