The Journal of Clinical Investigation seeks submissions that have the potential to change the practice of medicine.

  • Impact Factor: 12.282 (2018). The JCI is one of the top journals in the “Medicine, Research & Experimental” Web of Science category.
  • Fast decisions: For submissions sent to external reviewers, authors receive decisions within 30 days on average. For submissions that the Journal determines not to be of interest, authors receive decisions within 5 days on average.
  • Broad readership: The JCI reaches readers across a wide range of medical disciplines and sectors, including members of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), an honor association of physician-scientists and the publisher of the JCI.
  • All research is available to all readers for free, and the JCI provides fully open-access publishing options to authors to meet any funder requirements.

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