On September 12, 2026, the 2025 List of World-Class Scientific and Technological Journals was officially released at the opening ceremony of the 19th Pujiang Innovation Forum. Five journals sponsored by the Chinese Medical Association were included in the list: Chinese Medical Journal, Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Intelligent Medicine, Journal of Intensive Medicine, and Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.

The inclusion of these five journals recognizes their academic quality, international influence, and publishing excellence. The Chinese Medical Association Publishing House will continue to serve as a model for journal portfolio development, advance the internationalization and specialization of its journals, and work toward making Chinese medical journals world-class.  

About the List of World-Class Scientific and Technological Journals

The 2025 List of World-Class Scientific and Technological Journals was released by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China in collaboration with other research institutions. It uses a four-dimensional evaluation framework covering academic community building, academic leadership, academic impact, and societal impact, incorporating nine indicators. Drawing on data from multiple sources and cross-language knowledge linking, the framework evaluates scientific and technological journals worldwide. The 2025 list includes 6,132 journals published in 23 languages across 55 countries and regions. Of these, 353 are from China, accounting for 5.8% of the total.

Journal Profiles

01 Chinese Medical Journal

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Selected subject area: Medicine and Health Sciences (General)

Chinese Medical Journal (abbreviated as Chin Med J), established in 1887 and published twice monthly, is the official journal of the Chinese Medical Association. An English-language general medical journal published continuously for more than a century, it is widely recognized as one of China's most influential and authoritative medical journals and serves as an important channel for international medical exchange. It is indexed in major international databases, including Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, PMC, and Ovid, and is among the English-language medical journals with the largest circulation in China.

 02 Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

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Selected subject areas: Emergency and Critical Care Medicine; Respiratory Medicine

Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (abbreviated as CMJ-PCCM), established in 2023 and published quarterly, is the first specialty journal launched by Chinese Medical Journal. It covers clinical, basic, epidemiological, imaging, and laboratory research on pulmonary diseases and related fields. Topics include, but are not limited to, pulmonary and respiratory tract infections, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, respiratory critical care, interstitial lung disease, tuberculosis, pulmonary embolism and pulmonary vascular diseases, sleep-disordered breathing, tobacco-related diseases, pleural diseases, and interventional pulmonology.

 03 Intelligent Medicine

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Selected subject areas: Medicine and Health Sciences (General); Artificial Intelligence; Data Science

Intelligent Medicine (abbreviated as Intell Med), established in 2021 and published every two months, publishes high-quality original research and reviews across interdisciplinary fields. Its scope includes, but is not limited to, research and applications of artificial intelligence and data science in medical image analysis, virtual and augmented reality, clinical decision support, precision medicine, robotics, wearable devices, 3D printing, and medical ethics. The journal is dedicated to translating emerging technologies into clinical practice and benefits for patients.

 04 Infectious Diseases of Poverty

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Selected subject areas: Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology

Infectious Diseases of Poverty (abbreviated as Infec Dis Poverty), established in 2016 and published every two months, embraces the philosophy of “One World, One Health.” It publishes interdisciplinary research on the prevention and control of poverty-related infectious diseases, shares China's experience internationally, advances technologies for infectious disease prevention, control, and elimination, and provides scientific evidence to inform global health governance policies. The journal offers a high-quality platform for academic exchange among researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and funders working on infectious diseases of poverty.

 05 Journal of Intensive Medicine

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Selected subject area: Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

Journal of Intensive Medicine (abbreviated as J Intensive Med), established in 2021 and published every two months, publishes high-quality reviews and original research on the latest trends and advances in intensive care medicine. It provides comprehensive coverage of research developments in related specialties and is dedicated to advancing knowledge and practice across intensive care medicine, while promoting exchange and collaboration among basic scientists, clinical researchers, and clinicians.