Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (all)
Tunisie Medicale
ISSN 0041-4131 · eISSN 2724-7031 · Scoiete Tunisienne des Sciences Medicales
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Tunisie Medicale: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 163 days to acceptance (92 articles, last 24 months); 230 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Tunisie Medicale is published by Scoiete Tunisienne des Sciences Medicales. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Innovations in Medical Education, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis, together about 20.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La Tunisie Medicale is an open-access monthly general medical journal, founded in 1903 by a beylical decree. It aims to promote health research in Tunisia, the Maghreb, and Africa in general. It publishes scientific research in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, pedagogy, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) applied to medicine.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Editor-in-chief Lilia ZAKHAMAPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine10.9%
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and TherapiesMedicine5%
- Infectious Diseases and TuberculosisMedicine4.7%
- Academic Writing and PublishingArts and Humanities4.7%
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine4.4%
- Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMedicine4.1%
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchMedicine4.1%
- Spondyloarthritis Studies and TreatmentsMedicine4.1%
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 | 389/669 | 41st |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PMCPubMedPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Crossref, ICMJE
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.56OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 818 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 148 | 148 | 166 |
| 2025 | 230 | 230 | 114 |
| 2024 | 176 | 176 | 32 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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
163 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 80 days – 243 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 72 days (90 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 218 days
- Sample
- 92 articles with submission and acceptance dates (416 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
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 | EUR 200 | Yes | CC BY-NC-ND |
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)
Article types accepted3
- narrative reviewNarrative ReviewLength not stated
- original articlesOriginal articlesLength not stated
- recommandationsRecommandationsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Policy
All articles in "La Tunisie Medicale", are open access. The authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication.Articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license allows others to download and share the work with attribution, but they cannot change it in any way o…
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.
Before you submit
Five checks before submitting to Tunisie Medicale
- 1ScopeRecent output centres on Innovations in Medical Education, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies.Check scope
- 2Article type and formatPrepare text, figures and references as the author guidelines ask.Author guidelines ↗
- 3English languagePolish grammar and academic style before you submit: it lowers the risk of rejection for language and improves your chances of acceptance.
- 4FeesEUR 200 (DOAJ), waivers availableFee details
- 5Expected review time163 days · Median, submission to acceptance · 92 articles, last 24 months · PubMedReview data
The checks are built from this page's data.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Scoiete Tunisienne des Sciences Medicales
- ISSN
- 0041-4131
- Electronic ISSN
- 2724-7031
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 104, Issue 08 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Tunisie Medicale
How long does peer review take at Tunisie Medicale?
Based on the dates recorded on 92 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 163 days (interquartile range 80–243 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 Tunisie Medicale?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Tunisie Medicale is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PMC and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Tunisie Medicale open access, and what is the APC?
Tunisie Medicale is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .