Journal profile

Journal of medical systems

Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
ISSN0148-5598 | 1573-689X FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

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

Impact Factor
4.60
Citation rate 11.49 2,527 total citations
h5-index 55 h5 depth signal
Cited share 87.1% 202 of 232
Total citations 2,527 Citation footprint
Metric signal 11.46 External metric anchor
Self-citation 1.7% 43 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 507
China 370
India 290
Spain 183
Italy 83

Citing Fields of Research

AI & Machine Learning 545
Health Education & Remote Healthcare 406
Patient Care 393
Computer Vision & Graphics 206
Cybersecurity 150

Publishing Activity & Reach

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

All-time article footprint 4,681 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 232 202 cited publications
Last 12 months 210 17.5 publications/month
Open access share 40.5% 85 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 507 citing publications
Leading citing field AI & Machine Learning 545 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 21 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v1n1, 1977-v2n1, 1978; v3n1, 1979-
PubMed
v1n1, 1977-v2n1, 1978; v3n1, 1979-
Hospital literature index
v1n1, 1977-v2n1, 1978; v3n1, 1979-1994
Hospital and health administration index
1995-1999
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

AI & Machine Learning Health Education & Remote Healthcare Patient Care Medical Ethics Anesthetic & Pain Medicine

Broad Categories

Medical Informatics Patient Care Health Education & Remote Healthcare Cardiology Medical Ethics Respiratory Support Anesthetic & Pain Medicine

MeSH Descriptors

Computers Delivery of Health Care Information Systems

Latest Publications

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

01
Elina Nürenberg-Goloub, Benjamin Friedrichson, Michael Nordine et al.
Blood transfusions are among the most common medical interventions performed worldwide. Several comprehensive databases link transfusions to routinely collected health data but do not include the indication and the decision-making basis ...
06
Gen Li, Robert E. Freundlich, Benjamin French et al.
Postoperative blood pressure fluctuations after cardiac surgery are highly clinically relevant, yet analyzing high-frequency arterial pressure data remains challenging. In this study, we introduce a novel methodology for processing minut...
09
Ruairi O’KAne, Daniel Stonehouse-Smith, Melody Shirazi et al.
Ambient voice technologies (AVT) utilise automatic speech recognition (ASR) and generative artificial intelligence for speech-to-text conversion, and are advocated as efficient, accurate tools for clinical documentation. We investigated ...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Print issues ceased with v. 36 (2012).

Also issued online.

(1989)19890818 Notice not published Printed on acid-free paper