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WoS SCIE Q3Scopus Q3SCImago #16,063CAS 4区Hybrid

Internal Medicine

Abbreviation (ISO):INTERNAL MED
Country: Japan•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q3•Scopus SJR: 0.334•SCImago Rank: #16,063•Identifier (ISSN):0918-2918(Print)/1349-7235(Online)•Articles / Year: 580•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $2,710 USD
Clarivate IF (2026)Q3
1
↓ -0.1

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (2021)
64

64 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ3
Self-Citation Rate0%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
580articles/year
99.42% Gold OA•92.11% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

1.50pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q3(IF: 1)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20261.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 1)
🔵 Computed
20251.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 1.1)
🔵 Computed
20241.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 1)
🔵 Computed
20231.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 1.2)
🔵 Computed
20221.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 1.282)
🔵 Computed
20211.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 1.271)
🔵 Computed
20201.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 1.005)
🔵 Computed
20191.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 0.956)
🔵 Computed
20181.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 0.817)
🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Internal Medicine is an open-access online only journal published monthly by the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine. Articles must be prepared in accordance with "The Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (see Annals of Internal Medicine 108: 258-265, 1988), must be contributed solely to the Internal Medicine, and become the property of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine. Statements contained therein are the responsibility of the author(s). The Society reserves copyright and renewal on all published material and such material may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the Society.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Medicine99.8%Internal medicine90%Biology83.3%Pathology64.6%Surgery59.6%Genetics52.4%Radiology41.4%Immunology40.3%Psychology37.1%Chemistry36%Endocrinology34.3%Psychiatry33%Biochemistry32.5%Gastroenterology28%Disease22.5%Cardiology22%

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #16,063Scopus Q3SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1974, 1992-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Medicine
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q3
0.334

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q3
Scopus H-Index (2025)
87

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
0.83

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$2,710 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations1,783
3-Year Documents2,005
Citable Documents1,708

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate20.5%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Internal MedicineQ3
Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
4区 (Zone 4)Medicine
Minor Category (Specific Field):
4区MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Hybrid
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Monthly
Founding Year
1992
Editorial Address
JAPAN SOC INTERNAL MEDICINE, 34-3 3-CHOME HONGO BUNKYO-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN, 113
Indexing & Databases
SCIEScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
JCRSCIE
186/336Q3
MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
JCISCIE
177/336Q3

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—54481
20251.1686445
202416541,095
20231.26581,862
20221.2827613,198
20211.2717713,839
20201.0057524,655
20190.9566735,112
20180.8176785,937
2017—9309,170
2016—7456,642
2015—6876,135
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Internal Medicine

WoS Q3
0112201820192020202120222023202420251.10
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:1.1

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 0%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

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Database Updated: 2026-10-01