Academic Medicine

pISSN: 1040-2446eISSN: 1938-808X• JCR: ACAD MEDLippincott Williams & WilkinsUnited States
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2026 Impact Factor

4.5

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↓ 0.7 (-13.5%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    4.5
  2. Metric year 2024

    5.2

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINESSCIEQ1
HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICESSCIEQ1
Q1
JCR Quartile
B2
CAS Block

Academic Medicine current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Medicine

Ranked #1,008 in Medicine by impact factor and #946 among Q1 Medicine journals. This context helps compare Academic Medicine against journals publishing in the same field.

#1,008
of 6,225 field journals

Academic Medicine publication trend

Published 2,000 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 4.5.

2026 vs 2025: -351
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Journal Details

Total Articles
26,270
H-Index
259
Open Access
Hybrid
Subject Areas
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEmergency Medical ServicesGender StudiesGeneral Health Professions

Article Volume

2022
598
2023
514
2024
349
2025
445
2026
94
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