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The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
ISSN 0004-5772 · Association of Physicians of India
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The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India: fully open access; median 120 days to acceptance (34 articles, last 24 months); 355 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; the journal's website says it has ceased publication.
The journal's website says it has ceased publication: The money however dried up soon, and for lack of financial support after 3 issues the publication was discontinued until 1955 when George Coehlo of erstwhile Bombay was appointed the next editor. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India is published by Association of Physicians of India. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins, Diabetes Management and Research and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, together about 20.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of the Association of Physicians of India is a monthly scientific journal started in 1952. The journal reaches over 23000 members of the Association of Physicians of India every month and benefits millions through the online version.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Editor-in-chief Jyotirmoy PalPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsMedicine8.9%
- Diabetes Management and ResearchMedicine6.4%
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesMedicine5%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.7%
- Diabetes Treatment and ManagementMedicine4.5%
- Chronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesMedicine4.4%
- Heart Failure Treatment and ManagementMedicine4%
- Thyroid Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine4%
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 | 412/669 | 38th |
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
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.89OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,281 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 262 | 1 | 598 |
| 2025 | 355 | 0 | 510 |
| 2024 | 317 | 1 | 283 |
| 2023 | 112 | 56 | 179 |
| 2022 | 94 | 92 | 145 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 113 |
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
120 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 57 days – 253 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 46 days (34 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 207 days
- Sample
- 34 articles with submission and acceptance dates (680 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".
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 accessLetPub
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
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Association of Physicians of India
- ISSN
- 0004-5772
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
How long does peer review take at The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India?
Based on the dates recorded on 34 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 120 days (interquartile range 57–253 days). 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 The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India is indexed in Scopus.
Is The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India open access, and what is the APC?
The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 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, Publisher website; 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: .