Medicine

pISSN: 0025-7974eISSN: 1536-5964• JCR: MEDICINEWolters KluwerUnited States
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2026 Impact Factor

2.0

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 0.6 (+42.9%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    2.0
  2. Metric year 2024

    1.4

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNALSCIEQ2
Q2
JCR Quartile
B4
CAS Block

Medicine current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Medicine

Ranked #3,495 in Medicine by impact factor and #1,358 among Q2 Medicine journals. This context helps compare Medicine against journals publishing in the same field.

#3,495
of 6,225 field journals

Medicine publication trend

Published 19,148 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 2.0.

2026 vs 2025: -3,986
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Journal Details

Total Articles
49,342
H-Index
285
Open Access
Yes
APC
$1,950 USD
Subject Areas
EpidemiologyPathology and Forensic MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncology

Article Volume

2022
3,989
2023
3,998
2024
4,295
2025
5,426
2026
1,440
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