Why Submit to Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal?

Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal (RMMJ) offers authors something increasingly important in scientific publishing: rigorous peer review, personal editorial attention, immediate worldwide Open Access, and demonstrated international readership—without charging authors a submission, processing, or publication fee.

A genuinely international readership

RMMJ is based in Israel, but its readership is overwhelmingly international. Data from the past three years reveals that:

  • RMMJ recorded 56,815 full-content accesses, comprising 26,956 article-PDF downloads and 29,859 full-text HTML views.

  • article abstracts received a further 41,751 views.

  • extended PDF tracking through August 2026 recorded 27,904 downloads of 533 RMMJ article PDFs across 167 countries and territories.

  • more than 90% of tracked article-PDF downloads originated outside Israel.

  • the typical downloaded article reached readers in nine countries, while individual papers reached as many as 67 countries.

RMMJ’s international reach is longstanding. Historical analytics record website use from more than 200 countries and territories. International readership was evident almost from the Journal’s inception: in 2011, RMMJ reported 59,000 article downloads from 109 countries and territories, and by 2018 it had recorded more than 331,500 unique content downloads.

Importantly, readership does not end when a new issue is released. Articles published in RMMJ many years ago continue to be discovered and downloaded today, giving published work an opportunity for sustained visibility well beyond its initial publication period.

Growing scientific standing

RMMJ is indexed in major international scholarly databases, including PubMed, Scopus, and the Directory of Open Access Journals, and is included in Clarivate’s Journal Citation Reports.

The Journal’s scientific standing continues to strengthen. Its 2025 Impact Factor increased from 1.3 to 2.0. RMMJ remains Q2 in Medicine, General & Internal, improving its ranking from 150/332 to 113/336 journals. Its 2025 CiteScore is 2.8.

Together, these measures reflect a journal that combines established international accessibility with growing scientific visibility.

Open Access—without shifting the cost to the author

RMMJ believes that important medical and scientific work should be accessible regardless of a reader’s institution, country, or ability to pay. Accordingly:

  • there are no submission fees;

  • there are no article-processing or publication charges (APCs);

  • there are no subscription fees for readers; and

  • authors retain copyright to their work under the Journal’s Open Access license.

Published articles are therefore immediately and freely available to physicians, scientists, students, policy-makers, and other readers worldwide.

Personal editorial attention

RMMJ deliberately maintains a hands-on editorial process.

Every manuscript is assessed by the Editor-in-Chief, with input from members of the Editorial Board when additional expertise or discussion is needed. Manuscripts that proceed undergo expert peer review, are revised by authors according to the reviewers' comments, and undergo final editorial checks as part of the publication process.

An initial editorial decision is generally provided within approximately two weeks, depending on submission volume and the need for additional expert input. For manuscripts that proceed through peer review and revision, the typical timeframe from submission to publication is approximately four to six months.

Our objective is not simply to process manuscripts, but to identify scientifically worthwhile work and help ensure that papers accepted for publication enter the permanent medical literature as clearly, rigorously, and effectively as possible.

Worldwide access. Long-term visibility. Individual attention.

For authors deciding not only where a paper should be published, but also how widely it can be accessed, how long it can remain visible, and how much individual editorial attention it will receive, RMMJ offers a distinctive combination: international reach, growing scientific standing, unrestricted Open Access, no author fees, and demonstrated long-term readership.

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