National Medical Journal of China

Aims & Scope

As the official journal of the Chinese Medical Association, National Medical Journal of China is a comprehensive academic medical journal that has been published for over 110 years. It is dedicated to serving medical and health professionals, promoting domestic and international medical academic exchange, and advancing the development of the medical field. The journal comprehensively reflects the latest scientific research achievements in China, closely follows global medical and technological progress, integrates theory with practice, and emphasizes both improvement and popularization. It actively promotes new technologies and achievements in the pharmaceutical and health sectors, timely exchanges new experiences in disease prevention and treatment, and disseminates new medical and scientific knowledge. It plays a significant role in enhancing the ideological and professional ethics of medical and health personnel in China, improving their scientific theoretical and technical levels, promoting the progress of medical science and technology and knowledge innovation in China, and enriching the publishing sector of medical science and technology in China.

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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Subject Classification