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Clinical Medicine (RCP) — Impact Factor
The 2025 Impact Factor of Clinical Medicine (RCP) is 3.9 (Q1 in Medicine, General & Internal; fully open access).
- Impact Factor
- 3.9 JCR 2025
- JCR category
- Medicine, General & Internal
- Quartile
- Q1 in Medicine, General & Internal
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Open access
- fully open access
- IF source
- bioxbio.com
Position within the field
Ranked 27 of the 40 journals in Medicine, General & Internal on this site (bottom 50%).
Medicine, General & Internal journals with a similar Impact Factor
- Journal of General Internal Medicine IF 4.1
- Internal and Emergency Medicine IF 4.1
- Diagnostics IF 3.8
- Postgraduate Medical Journal IF 3.6
- Frontiers in Medicine IF 3.6
- Healthcare IF 3.4
Author guidelines at a glance
- Case reports
- Accepted. Three case report sections: Acute medical care (150-word abstract, 1,000-word main text, 1 figure/table, 5 references; acute cases from ED to ward in case-based discussion format; complexity required, e.g. diagnostic uncertainty, multimorbidity, ethical dilemmas; 4-6 learning points) / Lessons of the month (150 words, 1,000 words, 4 figures/tables, 10 references) / Images of the month (no abstract, 500 words, 4 figures/tables, 5 references). All require clear educational value. CARE guideline compliance plus completed CARE checklist attached; statement of written consent in the main text required
- Article types
- Full Length Article (Original research) / Review (narrative / systematic) / Concise guidance / CME (invited) / Quality improvement / Opinion / Acute medical care (case-based discussion) / Lessons of the month / Images of the month / Foundation column / Lectures (invited) / Conference report (invited) / Letter to the Editor
- Word limit (original)
- 3,000 words
- Abstract
- 250 words (structured)
- Figures/tables
- 4 (figures+tables total)
- References
- 30
- OA / APC
- full OA / US$2,400 (Fully gold OA since January 2024. RCP members and fellows get a 100% waiver after acceptance (membership number must be provided). 3,000-word limit for original articles excludes tables, figure legends and references. Structured abstract: Study Objective / Design / Setting / Participants / Interventions / Main Outcome Measure(s) / Results / Conclusions. Highlights (3-5 items, 85 characters each) required; Graphical Abstract required for original articles and reviews. Review: 150-word abstract, 3,000 words, 4 figures/tables, 50 references)
- Reporting guidelines
- EQUATOR required (CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, CARE, COREQ, SQUIRE 2.0, CHEERS, SAMPL). RCTs must state the trial registration number in Methods
- Submission system
- Editorial Manager
About this value
The Journal Impact Factor of Clinical Medicine (RCP) (JCR 2025, released June 2026) is 3.9. Values are compiled by cross-checking figures published by publishers and societies against public aggregators; this is not a reproduction of Clarivate Journal Citation Reports™. Confirm the current value on the publisher's page or in JCR before deciding where to submit. The quartile (Q1–Q4) is the journal's relative position within its JCR category; Q1 means the top 25%.
Last updated September 2026. Report errors via the contact form. Other journals in the same category: Medicine, General & Internal.