Sexual Medicine

Sexual Medicine is published by Elsevier Inc. and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sexual function and dysfunction studies, Genital Health and Disease and Hormonal and reproductive studies, together about 49% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

An official publication of the International Society for Sexual Medicine, Sexual Medicine publishes multidisciplinary clinical, basic, and epidemiological research to define and understand the basis of sexual function and dysfunction in diverse populations. Sexual Medicine welcomes manuscripts on basic anatomy and physiology pertaining to human sexuality, pharmacology, clinical management of sexual dysfunction, epidemiological studies in sexuality, psychosexual and interpersonal dimensions of human sexuality, clinical trials, and other articles of interest to clinicians and researchers interested in human sexuality. The open access format of Sexual Medicine ensures that accepted manuscripts will be rapidly published and fully accessible by interested healthcare professionals worldwide. Sexual Medicine’s emphasis on papers relevant to specific populations distinguishes it from The Journal of Sexual Medicine, which will continue to publish manuscripts on issues of general interest to sexual medicine practitioners worldwide, and Sexual Medicine Reviews, which publishes systematic reviews of controversial topics in sexual medicine. Sexual Medicine will consider all types of original clinical and basic research papers, including studies conducted with human subjects and experimental models, as well as high-quality clinical, epidemiological, and healthcare policy papers related to sexual function and dysfunction. Sexual Medicine particularly focuses on papers of regional or specialty interest, although any manuscript dealing with sexuality research will be considered. Specific interest is in the following areas of content: Education, Epidemiology, Basic Science, Psychology, Outcomes Assessment, Anatomy/Physiology, Intersex and Gender Identity Disorders, Sexual Orientation, Ejaculatory Disorders, Women’s Sexual Health, Men’s Sexual Health, Couple’s Sexual Dysfunctions, Pharmacotherapy, Peyronie’s Disease, Pain, Erectile Dysfunction, Premature Ejaculation, Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder, Dyspareunia, Pharmacotherapy for Sexual Dysfunction, Surgical Management of Sexual Dysfunction, Endocrinology, Oncology. Current Editor-in-Chief Giovanni Corona, MD, PhD Maggiore-Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy International Society for Sexual Medicine Mission Specifically, the ISSM aims: To establish a scientific Society to benefit the public by encouraging the highest standards of practice, education and research in the field of human sexuality; To develop and assist in dev

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

Editor-in-chief Giovanni CoronaPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 8%); most named Italy 10, United States 8, Mainland China 3, Taiwan, China 3, Brazil 3 (39 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

2.31LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

3.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.53LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.05LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

13LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

48OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

410OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.07OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

8.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

100%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

110LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Average review time (community reports)

about 22 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 22 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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Publisher

Elsevier Inc.

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

ISSN

2050-1161

Latest issue on the website

Volume 14, Issue 6 (December 2026)

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
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