Journal profile · Geriatrics & Gerontology
Aging Cell
ISSN 1474-9718 · eISSN 1474-9726 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 2002
Aging Cell: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 7.68; fully open access; APC about USD 3,790; median 164 days to acceptance (116 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: hard; 428 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Aging Cell is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, together about 34.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Physiology and Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aging Cell is an Open Access publication addressing the fundamental issues in the biology of aging. The journal covers all areas of geroscience, highlighting research that reports the mechanistic aspects of the aging process, as well as the links between aging and age-related disease. Aging Cell considers for publication, articles on the following topics: Basic molecular and cellular aging processes Established and emerging hallmarks of aging Disease conditions informed by aging science Clinical trials based on geroscience leads Academic-industry studies in geroscience Basic and clinical biomarkers of aging New theories of aging and comparative studies OUT OF SCOPE: Purely descriptive studies will not be considered unless they report major new advances within the field of study. Papers that focus on the pathogenesis of a specific age-related disease will be considered if they offer new insights into fundamental questions in the biology of aging.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Geriatrics & Gerontology
Editor-in-chief Alexei MaklakovPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 5 in mainland China (about 7%); most named United States 43, United Kingdom 7, Mainland China 5, South Korea 2, Germany 2 (71 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology18.2%
- Telomeres, Telomerase, and SenescenceMedicine9.6%
- Mitochondrial Function and PathologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.6%
- Adipose Tissue and MetabolismMedicine5.9%
- Epigenetics and DNA MethylationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.8%
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsMedicine4.8%
- Circadian rhythm and melatoninNeuroscience4.7%
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeuroscience4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPMCEmbaseCASPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 7.68LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 7.7Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 7.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 11.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 11.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.88LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 121LetPub ·
- h-index
- 221OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,827OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 339LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 364Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 2,349,804Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,293 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 387 | 387 | 291 |
| 2025 | 428 | 428 | 2,128 |
| 2024 | 392 | 392 | 5,110 |
| 2023 | 322 | 322 | 7,923 |
| 2022 | 237 | 237 | 8,380 |
| 2021 | 247 | 247 | 11,916 |
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
164 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 106 days – 219 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (116 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 184 days
- Sample
- 116 articles with submission and acceptance dates (892 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 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- HardLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 20%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 20%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 148 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 3,790 / GBP 2,360 / EUR 3,040 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,790 / EUR 3,040 / GBP 2,360 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 3,190 / GBP 1,990 / EUR 2,560 | Yes | — |
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)
Article types accepted10, with length limits
- editorialsEditorials -Editorials are a versatile article type used to announce any topic relevant to the aging research community.Length not stated
- mini-reviewsMini-reviews - Mini-reviews follow the criteria for Review Articles as described above, but with a suggested word count of 4,000 words.Length not stated
- perspectivePerspective - A Perspective is a lightly referenced scholarly opinion piece about current or future directions in a field.Length not stated
- research articlebject to an Article Publication Charge. Research articles – Research articles should be no more than 7,500 words in length, excluding Author Checklist, Title Pa…main text ≤ 7,500 words
- research articlesResearch articles – Research articles should be no more than 7,500 words in length, excluding Author Checklist, Title Page, Tables, Figures, and References.Length not stated
- reviewPublication Charge. Mini-reviews - Mini-reviews follow the criteria for Review Articles as described above, but with a suggested word count of 4,000 words. Mini…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- review articlewords in length with limited references Review articles – For review papers a maximum word count of 7,500 words is imposed for all sections except the Author Ch…main text ≤ 7,500 words
- review articlesReview articles – For review papers a maximum word count of 7,500 words is imposed for all sections except the Author Checklist, Title Page, Tables, Figures, an…Length not stated
- short communicationr rapid dissemination takes precedence. Short Communications can have a maximum of 1,500 words, defined as above for research articles. In addition, Shortmain text ≤ 1,500 words
- short communicationsShort Communications - The Editor-in-Chief will consider short papers that report findings of exceptional relevance and interest.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Data availability
- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest statement
Funding statement: All sources of funding should be listed in the Acknowledgments section (e.g. “Funding: This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health [grant numbers xxxx, yyyy]”). Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their funder designation, in order to facilitate compliance with funder requirements. If in doubt, please check the Open Funder Registry for the correct nomenc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statement (where applicable)
References: Please ensure that all references cited in the text are also present in the reference list (and vice versa). References should be prepared according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition), i.e. text citations should follow the author-date form, whereby the author's last name and the year of publication for the source should appear in the text,…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2002
- ISSN
- 1474-9718
- Electronic ISSN
- 1474-9726
- Society / sponsor
- Anatomical Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 25, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Aging Cell
What CAS zone is Aging Cell in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Aging Cell is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Geriatrics & Gerontology / Cell Biology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Aging Cell?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 7.68; CiteScore 11.4, h-index 221.
How long does peer review take at Aging Cell?
Based on the dates recorded on 116 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 164 days (interquartile range 106–219 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Hard”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 20% (2025). 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 Aging Cell based?
Of the 71 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 5 (about 7%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (43), United Kingdom (7) and Mainland China (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Aging Cell?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Aging Cell is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PMC, Embase and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Aging Cell open access, and what is the APC?
Aging Cell is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,790.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .