Journal profile · Medicine, General & Internal
Yonsei Medical Journal
ISSN 0513-5796 · eISSN 1976-2437 · Yonsei University College of Medicine · SOUTH KOREA · Bimonthly · Founded 1960
Yonsei Medical Journal: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.03; fully open access; APC about USD 700; median 154 days to acceptance (89 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 75%; 107 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Yonsei Medical Journal is published by Yonsei University College of Medicine 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 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics and Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases, together about 15.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The goal of the Yonsei Medical Journal (YMJ) is to publish high quality manuscripts dedicated to clinical or basic research. Any authors affiliated with an accredited biomedical institution may submit manuscripts of original articles, review articles, case reports, brief communications, and letters to the Editor. Changsoo Kim, M.D., Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief Yonsei Medical Journal Yonsei University College of Medicine 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Korea E-Mail: ymj@yuhs.ac
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine, General & Internal
Editor-in-chief Emeriti In-Hong ChoiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named South Korea 104, United States 8, Japan 3, Germany 1, Italy 1 (121 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicine5.9%
- Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsMedicine5.2%
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery DiseasesMedicine4.7%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.6%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine4.5%
- Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesMedicine4.5%
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesMedicine4.3%
- Bone health and osteoporosis researchMedicine4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medicine, General & Internal | Zone 3 |
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
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPubMedPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Crossref
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
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.03LetPub ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.05LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 97OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,991OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 101LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,557 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 69 | 69 | 3 |
| 2025 | 107 | 107 | 186 |
| 2024 | 108 | 108 | 572 |
| 2023 | 102 | 102 | 1,093 |
| 2022 | 154 | 154 | 1,970 |
| 2021 | 148 | 148 | 2,381 |
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 Crossref · to
154 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 102 days – 194 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 87 days (88 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 235 days
- Sample
- 89 articles with submission and acceptance dates (198 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1.6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 75%LetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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 | USD 700 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 700 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 700 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 550 / USD 300 / USD 100 | — | — |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional, 3
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- brief communicationEDITORIAL, PERSPECTIVES, and BRIEF COMMUNICATION should not exceed 2,000 words excluding the Abstract, References, and Figure/Table legends.Length not stated
- case reportCASE REPORT should consist of an Abstract, Key words, Introduction, Case Report, Discussion and References (no more than 20).Length not stated
- cohort profileCOHORT PROFILE should not exceed 2,000 words, excluding the Abstract, References, and Figure/Table legends.Length not stated
- editorialThe Yonsei Medical Journal (YMJ) is a peer-reviewed journal of medicine published in English on the 1st of every month. The goal of the Yonsei Medical Journal (…Length not stated
- letter to the editorPROFILE, CASE REPORT, TECHNICAL REPORT, LETTER TO THE EDITOR EDITORIAL, PERSPECTIVES, and BRIEF COMMUNICATION should not exceed 2,000 words excluding the Abstra…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- original articleManuscripts should begin with the title page followed by an abstract; a list of key words; an introduction; materials and methods; results; a discussion; tables…references ≤ 40
- perspectivesEDITORIAL, PERSPECTIVES, and BRIEF COMMUNICATION should not exceed 2,000 words excluding the Abstract, References, and Figure/Table legends.Length not stated
- review articlesection are not required. The length of Review Articles is limited to 5,000-8,000 words with a maximum of 100 references. Also, there should be nomain text ≤ 8,000 words · references ≤ 100
- technical reportTECHNICAL REPORT should not exceed 2,000 words excluding the Abstract, References, and Figure/Table legends with up to 20 references.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Plagiarism, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship <Authorship>
The Yonsei Medical Journal (YMJ) follows the recommendations for authorship proposed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE, 2019, http://www.icmje.org). The recommendations are as follows: “Authorship credit should be based on 1) substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND 2)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest <Conflicts of Interest>
Any potential conflicts of interest must be disclosed in this section. If there are no potential conflicts of interest, the following statement should be added: “The authors have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.” <Description of Participants> Ensure correct use of the terms “sex” (biological factors) and “gender” (identity, psychosocial, or cultural factors). Also, unless inappropri…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism <Redundant Publication and Plagiarism>
Redundant publication is defined as “reporting (publishing or attempting to publish) substantially the same work more than once, without attribution of the original source(s).” Characteristics of reports that are substantially similar include the following: (a) “at least one of the authors must be common to all reports (if there are no common authors, it is more likely plagiarism than redundant pu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines REPORTING GUIDELINES
The guidelines listed below should be followed where appropriate. Please use these guidelines to structure your article. CONSORT Statement For reporting randomised controlled trials: please use the appropriate extension to the CONSORT statement, including the extension for writing abstracts. SRQR For reporting qualitative research. STARD For reporting diagnostic accuracy studies. STROBE For report…
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
- Yonsei University College of Medicine
- Country or region
- SOUTH KOREA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1960
- ISSN
- 0513-5796
- Electronic ISSN
- 1976-2437
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 67, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Yonsei Medical Journal
What CAS zone is Yonsei Medical Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Yonsei Medical Journal is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Medicine, General & Internal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Yonsei Medical Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.03; CiteScore 5.6, h-index 97.
How long does peer review take at Yonsei Medical Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 89 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 154 days (interquartile range 102–194 days); authors report an average review time of about 1.6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 75%”. 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 Yonsei Medical Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Suggested reviewers: Optional, 3; Graphical abstract: 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 Yonsei Medical Journal based?
Of the 121 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Korea (104), United States (8) and Japan (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Yonsei Medical Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Yonsei Medical Journal is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Yonsei Medical Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Yonsei Medical Journal is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 700.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .