Journal profile · Physiology
ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION
ISSN 1043-4046 · eISSN 1522-1229 · American Physiological Society · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1989
ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.88; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 155 days to acceptance (91 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 159 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION is published by American Physiological Society and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Innovative Teaching Methods, Biomedical and Engineering Education and Innovations in Medical Education, together about 41.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Advances in Physiology Education promotes and disseminates educational scholarship in order to enhance teaching and learning of physiology, neuroscience and pathophysiology. The journal publishes peer-reviewed descriptions of innovations that improve teaching in the classroom and laboratory, essays on education, and review articles based on our current understanding of physiological mechanisms. Submissions that evaluate new technologies for teaching and research, and educational pedagogy, are especially welcome. The audience for the journal includes educators at all levels: K–12, undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Physiology
Editor-in-chief Bryan MackenziePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 45, United Kingdom 9, Australia 3, Canada 2, Brazil 2 (70 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Innovative Teaching MethodsSocial Sciences20.3%
- Biomedical and Engineering EducationEngineering10.6%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine10.5%
- Problem and Project Based LearningSocial Sciences7%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences5.2%
- Science Education and PedagogySocial Sciences4.7%
- Educational Leadership and InnovationSocial Sciences4.2%
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education, Scientific Disciplines | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Physiology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education, Scientific Disciplines | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Physiology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education, Scientific Disciplines | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Physiology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.88LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2024
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2024
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2024
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- h-index
- 50LetPub ·
- h-index
- 103OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,027OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 26.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 125LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,515 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 127 | 127 | 28 |
| 2025 | 159 | 159 | 484 |
| 2024 | 130 | 130 | 541 |
| 2023 | 145 | 145 | 833 |
| 2022 | 91 | 91 | 668 |
| 2021 | 145 | 145 | 1,684 |
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 Crossref · to
155 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 87 days – 246 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 26 days (91 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 188 days
- Sample
- 91 articles with submission and acceptance dates (336 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 39 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 6.8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 29 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access under CC BY-NC 4.0 from 2025 Model summary
Beginning in 2025, all Advances articles are published open access under CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Physiological Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1989
- ISSN
- 1043-4046
- Electronic ISSN
- 1522-1229
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION
What CAS zone is ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education, Scientific Disciplines / Physiology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.88; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 103.
How long does peer review take at ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION?
Based on the dates recorded on 91 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 155 days (interquartile range 87–246 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION based?
Of the 70 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (45), United Kingdom (9) and Australia (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION open access, and what is the APC?
ADVANCES IN PHYSIOLOGY EDUCATION is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .