Journal profile · Anatomy/education
Anatomical Sciences Education
ISSN 1935-9772 · eISSN 1935-9780 · John Wiley and Sons Inc. · United States · Bimonthly
Anatomical Sciences Education: CAS Zone 2 · Education (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 5.06; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,100; median 211 days to acceptance (94 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 215 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Anatomical Sciences Education is published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. and is in Zone 2 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Anatomy and Medical Technology, Innovations in Medical Education and Surgical Simulation and Training, together about 68.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
<em>Anatomical Sciences Education</em> journal provides an international forum for the exchange of ideas, innovations and research in topics related to anatomy education.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Anatomy/education
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Anatomy and Medical TechnologyEngineering31.2%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine20.6%
- Surgical Simulation and TrainingMedicine16.3%
- Empathy and Medical EducationMedicine3.3%
- Dental Research and COVID-19Dentistry2.7%
- Biomedical and Engineering EducationEngineering2.4%
- Augmented Reality ApplicationsComputer Science2.1%
- Medical and Biological SciencesMedicine2.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education, Scientific Disciplines | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education, Scientific Disciplines | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education, Scientific Disciplines | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 5.06LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 106OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 976OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.34OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 31.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 57.87%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 145LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 171Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 428,924Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,014 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 192 | 129 | 62 |
| 2025 | 215 | 134 | 627 |
| 2024 | 165 | 105 | 1,224 |
| 2023 | 125 | 95 | 2,017 |
| 2022 | 82 | 46 | 1,137 |
| 2021 | 130 | 47 | 2,833 |
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
211 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 117 days – 316 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 22 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 230 days
- Sample
- 94 articles with submission and acceptance dates (411 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 acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 42 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 181 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,100 / EUR 3,400 / GBP 2,720 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Inc.
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 1935-9772
- Electronic ISSN
- 1935-9780
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Anatomical Sciences Education
What CAS zone is Anatomical Sciences Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Anatomical Sciences Education is in Zone 2 of Education, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Education, Scientific Disciplines; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Anatomical Sciences Education?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.06; CiteScore 6.5, h-index 106.
How long does peer review take at Anatomical Sciences Education?
Based on the dates recorded on 94 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 211 days (interquartile range 117–316 days); the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25% (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.
Which databases index Anatomical Sciences Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Anatomical Sciences Education is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Anatomical Sciences Education open access, and what is the APC?
Anatomical Sciences Education is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,100.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .