About Cureus®
The Open Access online medical journal for a new generation of doctors, researchers and patients.
We’re eliminating barriers to the generation and dissemination of medical knowledge.
The Cureus Difference
Based in San Francisco, California, Cureus is an online medical journal published by Springer Nature. Cureus leverages the power of an online community platform to share and promote published Open Access medical knowledge around the world.
Better research
Faster publication
Access for everyone
No paywalls
No red tape
Authors retain copyright
Join our rapidly growing audience to discuss articles with their authors, assign post-publication ratings, and browse peer-reviewed articles across more than 60 medical specialties.
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About the Journal
Cureus is an Open Access, online-only, multispecialty medical journal published by Springer Nature. All articles undergo comprehensive, independent peer review prior to final approval and publication.
Cureus was founded with the goal of eliminating barriers to the publication and dissemination of medical science. Cureus has long aimed to level the playing field by providing clinicians and researchers with equal opportunity and access to legitimate, peer-reviewed research regardless of their perceived status.
To read the Aims and Scope of the journal, please refer to the Author Guide Introduction. For information on journal leadership, please refer to our FAQ page. For information about Cureus' business model, please refer to the Policies and Procedures section of our Author Guide. For information about the journal’s peer review process, please refer to the Peer Review page in our Author Guide.
117
K+Total Articles Published
*Through September 2026
240
K+Total Citations
*Through September 2026
105
M+Annual Article Reads and Downloads
*Combined article reads and PDF downloads on Cureus and PubMed Central, October 2025 – September 2026.
52%
Acceptance Rate
29
DaysMedian Submission to Publication Time
20%
Accepted Articles Published for Free
Metrics such as article reads, downloads, citations, and publishing time, as well as social media mentions and mainstream news media coverage, contribute to the overall assessment of journal quality and its research output in the community. As an online medical journal, this is part of our commitment to best practices that give a platform to reputable researchers, and provide reliable knowledge to scientists and laypeople alike.
Cureus is a signatory of the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which emphasizes continued improvement in how researchers and the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated. Cureus focuses on article-level metrics such as reads, downloads and citations as a way of further democratizing the Open Access medical journal model.
Cureus also encourages all readers to submit an SIQ (Scholarly Impact Quotient) score for each article. SIQ is our unique post-publication rating that assesses article importance and quality by embracing the collective intelligence of the Cureus community.
Editor-in-Chief
Meet the editor-in-chief and co-founder of the Cureus Journal of Medical Science, who guides a diverse network of experts shaping our innovative online medical journal.
Alexander Muacevic, M.D.
Alexander Muacevic is the medical director of the European Radiosurgery Center in Munich, Germany and a professor at the University of Munich Hospitals. Dr. Muacevic's main clinical and scientific interest is full body radiosurgery using advanced image-guided robotic technology.
Accepted Medical Specialties
Cureus currently recognizes the following medical specialties. Don’t see your specialty listed? As part of our commitment to fostering our medical journal’s ethos of Open Access medical knowledge, we welcome an ever-broadening range of scientific fields and expertise.
Contact us at [email protected] to add your specialty.
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Featuring a global community of readers, the online Cureus Journal of Medical Science showcases the value of providing accessible medical knowledge to clinicians, researchers, caregivers and patients around the world.