Journal profile · Medicine-Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
AACE Clinical Case Reports
ISSN 2376-0605 · Elsevier · United States
AACE Clinical Case Reports: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); fully open access; APC about USD 900; median 90 days to acceptance (29 articles, last 24 months); 10 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AACE Clinical Case Reports is published by Elsevier and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments, Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors and Adrenal Hormones and Disorders, together about 30.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Pituitary Gland Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine12.5%
- Adrenal and Paraganglionic TumorsMedicine10.6%
- Adrenal Hormones and DisordersMedicine7%
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine6.4%
- Parathyroid Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine5.9%
- Thyroid Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine5.4%
- Diabetes and associated disordersBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.8%
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Research AdvancesMedicine4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 82OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.93OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 921 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
| 2024 | 89 | 89 | 187 |
| 2023 | 70 | 70 | 190 |
| 2022 | 61 | 61 | 289 |
| 2021 | 97 | 97 | 570 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
90 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 54 days – 126 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 5 days (29 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 92 days
- Sample
- 29 articles with submission and acceptance dates (52 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 900 / EUR 820 / GBP 720 / JPY 106,180 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 400 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2376-0605
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AACE Clinical Case Reports
What CAS zone is AACE Clinical Case Reports in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at AACE Clinical Case Reports?
Based on the dates recorded on 29 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 90 days (interquartile range 54–126 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index AACE Clinical Case Reports?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AACE Clinical Case Reports is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is AACE Clinical Case Reports open access, and what is the APC?
AACE Clinical Case Reports is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 900.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .