Journal profile
Annals of Clinical Epidemiology
ISSN 2434-4338 · Society for Clinical Epidemiology · Japan
Annals of Clinical Epidemiology: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 92 days to acceptance (24 articles, last 24 months); 30 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annals of Clinical Epidemiology is published by Society for Clinical Epidemiology. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Statistical Methods in Epidemiology, Medical Coding and Health Information and Advanced Causal Inference Techniques, together about 37.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistics and Probability. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Annals of Clinical Epidemiology (ACE) publishes peer-reviewed, open-access articles in all areas of clinical epidemiology. Supported by the Society for Clinical Epidemiology (SCE), the journal aims to promote high-quality medical research, cultivate clinicians who have a researcher’s mindset, and contribute to address the various challenges facing medicine today. To support its goal of publishing the most up-to-date clinical and epidemiological information, ACE provides authors worldwide with full peer-review services by subject experts. ACE publishes Original Articles, Review Articles, Study Protocols, Short Reports, and Letters to the Editor. The journal also welcomes original articles with nonsignificant results to avoid publication bias in epidemiological research. Articles are continuously published online for a broad audience of researchers, clinicians, and health professionals.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Hideo YasunagaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Japan 12, United Kingdom 4, Hong Kong, China 2, Taiwan, China 2, South Korea 1 (22 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Statistical Methods in EpidemiologyMathematics15.8%
- Medical Coding and Health InformationHealth Professions12.1%
- Advanced Causal Inference TechniquesMathematics9.5%
- Statistical Methods in Clinical TrialsMathematics7.4%
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsDecision Sciences5.3%
- Electronic Health Records SystemsHealth Professions5.3%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine3.7%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine3.7%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.15OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 148 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 22 | 472 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 484 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 285 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | 200 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 198 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 95 |
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
92 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 47 days – 141 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 46 days (24 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 150 days
- Sample
- 24 articles with submission and acceptance dates (33 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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | JPY 100,000 | Yes | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | JPY 100,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | JPY 100,000 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted5
- original articleOriginal ArticleLength not stated
- review articleReview ArticleLength not stated
- seminarSeminarLength not stated
- short reportShort ReportLength not stated
- study protocolStudy ProtocolLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- License & copyright Copyright, Open Access and Fees
ACE is fully Open Access and uses a Creative Commons (CC) license, which allows users to reuse the material published in the journal without charge or the need to ask prior permission from the publisher or author, as detailed below. Copyright and licensing Authors are required to assign all copyrights in the work to the SCE, who then publishes the work under a Creative Commons license, as detailed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Copyright, Open Access and Fees
ACE is fully Open Access and uses a Creative Commons (CC) license, which allows users to reuse the material published in the journal without charge or the need to ask prior permission from the publisher or author, as detailed below. Copyright and licensing Authors are required to assign all copyrights in the work to the SCE, who then publishes the work under a Creative Commons license, as detailed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Editorial and peer review process The journal uses single-blind peer review, which means that the names of the authors are revealed to the reviewers, but the names of the reviewers are not known to the authors. When a manuscript is submitted to a journal, the Editorial Office checks that it follows the submission guidelines, and if there are serious deficiencies, the Editorial Office reports them …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Welcomes original articles with nonsignificant results to avoid publication bias Model summary
The journal also welcomes original articles with nonsignificant results to avoid publication bias in epidemiological researchers, clinicians, and health professionals.
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
- Society for Clinical Epidemiology
- Country or region
- Japan
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2434-4338
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annals of Clinical Epidemiology
How long does peer review take at Annals of Clinical Epidemiology?
Based on the dates recorded on 24 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 92 days (interquartile range 47–141 days); authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Annals of Clinical Epidemiology based?
Of the 22 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Japan (12), United Kingdom (4) and Hong Kong, China (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Annals of Clinical Epidemiology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annals of Clinical Epidemiology is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Annals of Clinical Epidemiology open access, and what is the APC?
Annals of Clinical Epidemiology is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .