Statistics

Submissions Statistics

Trend: Jan 1st, 2021 to Dec 31st, 2021

Indicator	Total Within Date Range
Submissions Received	349
Submissions Accepted	76
Submissions Declined	256
Submissions Declined (Desk Reject)	120
Submissions Declined (After Review)	136
Submissions Published	85
Average Days to First Editorial Decision	14
Average # Days to Accept	143
Average # Days to Reject	31
Acceptance Rate	18%
Rejection Rate	82%
Desk Reject Rate	44%
Post-Review Reject Rate	38%

Average time from acceptance to online publication is 0 days. We publish as in-press every accepted article in the Forthcoming section.

Last updated: January 29th 2022.

Journal Statistics

Google Scholar

Articles citations and the journal citations statistics can be found in the Journal's Google Scholar page.

Publication	h5-index	h-index	i10-index
International Journal of Medical Students	12	16	33

h5-index is the h-index for articles published in the last 5 complete years. It is the largest number h such that h articles published in 2016-2021 have at least h citations each.
h-index is the maximum value of h such that the given author/journal has published h papers that have each been cited at least h times.
i-10 index is the number of paper with 10 or more citations.

Most Read

This is the list of the most viewed and downloaded articles in the International Journal of Medical Students in the last year based on the Open Journal System statistics:

Title	Abstract Views	File Views	PDF	HTML	Other	TOTAL
Rondilla et al. Folk Medicine in the Philippines: A Phenomenological Study of Health-Seeking Individuals	13261	6810	2497	2147	2166	20071
Cedeño et al. Learning Strategies and Innovations among Medical Students in the Philippines during the COVID-19 Pandemic	4582	2479	2290	158	31	7061
Komer COVID-19 amongst the Pandemic of Medical Student Mental Health	4143	1846	1757	83	6	5989
V. Rosen et al. Common ECG Lead Placement Errors. Part II: Precordial Misplacements	412	5021	4931	84	6	5433
Subedi et al. Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Associated with COVID-19 Among School Students in Bharatpur, Chitwan District of Nepal	2372	1053	817	233	3	3425
Djoutsop Mbougo et al. COVID-19 and Clinical Rotations in the Democratic Republic of Congo	3223	181	163	18	0	3404
Thomas et al. Survey Among Medical Students During COVID-19 Lockdown: The Online Class Dilemma	2169	707	619	55	33	2876
Ansar et al. Internet Addiction and Its Relationship with Depression and Academic Performance: A Cross-Sectional Study at a Medical School in Pakistan	1716	617	520	47	50	2333
Tan et al. Multiculturalism in Healthcare: A Review of Current Research into Diversity Found in the Healthcare Professional Population and the Patient Population	1582	534	485	44	5	2116
Sidra Agarwal et al. Clinical Course of a Covid-19 Patient with Gastrointestinal Symptoms- A Case Report	327	1712	1694	17	1	2039

Last updated: January 29th, 2022.

Most Cited

Cites	Authors	Title	Year	Cites Per Year	Cites Per Author	Author Count	Age
54	NA Bawazeer, NA AlSobahi	Prevalence and side effects of energy drink consumption among medical students at Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia	2013	6	27	2	9
38	L Komer	COVID-19 amongst the pandemic of medical student mental health	2020	19	38	1	2
28	YA Adebisi, P Agboola, M Okereke	COVID-19 Pandemic: Medical and Pharmacy Education in Nigeria	2020	14	9	3	2
27	NG Biavardi	Being an Italian medical student during the Covid-19 outbreak	2020	13.5	27	1	2
24	A Khan, R Jamali, M Jan, M Tasneem	Correlation of fine needle aspiration cytology and histopathology diagnosis in the evaluation of breast lumps	2014	3	6	4	8

Last updated: January 29th, 2022. Source: Harzing's Publish or Perish