Journal profile

Internal medicine journal

Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia
ISSN1444-0903 | 1445-5994 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
2.89
Citation rate 1.19 930 total citations
h5-index 34 h5 depth signal
Cited share 40.1% 325 of 810
Total citations 930 Citation footprint
Metric signal 1.22 External metric anchor
Self-citation 6.9% 64 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

Australia 3,182
New Zealand 345
United Kingdom 108
United States 108
China 103

Citing Fields of Research

Allergies 465
Patient Care 436
Cardiology 377
Hematology 347
Healthcare Policy 275

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 9,387 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 810 325 cited publications
Last 12 months 431 35.9 publications/month
Open access share 32.3% 139 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country Australia 3,182 citing publications
Leading citing field Allergies 465 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 18 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v31n1, Jan./Feb. 2001-
PubMed
v31n1, Jan./Feb. 2001-
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Patient Care Cardiology Diabetes Antibiotic & Antibacterial Agents Hematology Auto-Inflammatory Disorders Kidney Diseases

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Broad Categories

Internal Medicine Hematology Cardiology Diabetes Patient Care Allergies Virology Musculoskeletal Disorders

MeSH Descriptors

Internal Medicine

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

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Julie McDonald, Lisa Kiven, Sophia To et al.
Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease with the highest mortality among rheumatic diseases, yet little is known about the quality of end‐of‐life care in SSc. Aims: To evaluate end‐of‐life care in SSc against th...
04
Rohan Joshua Krishnaswamy, Joseph Julian Suttie
We assessed six publicly available large language models (LLM) on Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) adult medicine written examination questions. In a 30‐question set with answers, models achieved 93% correct responses over...
10
David M. Chye, Kate L. Drummond, Thalys Sampaio Rodrigues et al.
Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) is an uncommon but life‐threatening disease with evolving patient risk profiles and management strategies. However, its impact on the Australian healthcare system has not been described. Aims: To q...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Title from cover.

Print issues ceased with v. 50 (2020).

Also issued online

Official journal of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.