Journal profile · CELL BIOLOGY
Aging-US
ISSN 1945-4589 · Impact Journals LLC · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 2008
Aging-US: impact factor 3.82; hybrid open access; median 138 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); 175 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Aging-US is published by Impact Journals LLC. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research and Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence, together about 33.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Information not localized
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): CELL BIOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13%
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.4%
- Telomeres, Telomerase, and SenescenceMedicine9.4%
- MicroRNA in disease regulationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.4%
- Ferroptosis and cancer prognosisMedicine6.2%
- Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersMedicine5.1%
- Autophagy in Disease and TherapyMedicine4%
- Circular RNAs in diseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.4%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cell Biology | Q2 | 102/289 | 64th |
| Aging | Q2 | 18/42 | 58th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Removed from SCIE for editorial reasons on 22 October 2024. CAS Early Warning Journal List: listed in the 2021 edition (medium risk) and the 2020 edition (medium risk); not listed in the other 4 editions.LetPub
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
- 3.82LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 162OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5,378OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.96OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 92.85%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 812LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,644 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 80 | 77 | 21,621 |
| 2025 | 175 | 170 | 33,967 |
| 2024 | 789 | 779 | 36,754 |
| 2023 | 919 | 919 | 33,398 |
| 2022 | 677 | 675 | 34,912 |
| 2021 | 1,463 | 1,450 | 28,866 |
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
138 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 85 days – 201 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (99 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 170 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (294 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 websiteSelf-archiving
- Self-archiving Release delay (Embargo)
Typically, articles are not available in PMC until after the publisher's embargo period. However, in some cases articles may be available in PMC sooner than the default period.
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
- Impact Journals LLC
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2008
- ISSN
- 1945-4589
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Aging-US
What is the impact factor of Aging-US?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.82; CiteScore 7.3, h-index 162.
How long does peer review take at Aging-US?
Based on the dates recorded on 99 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 138 days (interquartile range 85–201 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 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 Aging-US?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Aging-US is indexed in Scopus.
Is Aging-US open access, and what is the APC?
Aging-US is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .