Journal profile · Veterinary-Veterinary (all)
Archives of Razi Institute
ISSN 0365-3439 · eISSN 2008-9872 · Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute · Iran, Islamic Republic of
Archives of Razi Institute: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 56 days to acceptance (76 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 44% (journal website); 167 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Archives of Razi Institute is published by Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Microbial infections and disease research, Animal Virus Infections Studies and Helminth infection and control, together about 23.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Announcement: Archives of Razi Institute is currently indexed in PubMed. Archives of Razi Institute Journal is open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles in all aspects of medical and veterinary sciences, including research on biological products, prevention and diagnosis of infectious diseases, molecular biology, reproductive biology, human and animal biotechnology, and biochemistry. The journal welcomes basic research as well as pre-clinical and clinical studies of novel diagnostic tools, vaccines, and anti-viral therapies. The Editorial policy of Archives of Razi Institute Journal is to publish all research which is assessed by peer reviewers to be a coherent and sound addition to the scientific literature and puts less emphasis on interest levels or perceived impact. The journal will also publish articles on molecular aspects of the control and prevention of viral infections with vaccines and antiviral agents and on the use of viruses as gene therapy vectors, as well as research on other agents such as prions. The approaches and techniques used are expected to encompass many disciplines, including molecular genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, cell biology, immunology, morphology, genetics, and pathogenesis.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary-Veterinary (all)
Editor-in-chief Rasool MadaniPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Iran 7, India 1, France 1, Italy 1, Canada 1 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Microbial infections and disease researchImmunology and Microbiology9.2%
- Animal Virus Infections StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.3%
- Helminth infection and controlVeterinary6.3%
- Virology and Viral DiseasesMedicine6.3%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchMedicine5.1%
- Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.1%
- Parasitic infections in humans and animalsMedicine4.9%
- Parasitic Infections and DiagnosticsImmunology and Microbiology4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Veterinary | Q2 | 68/204 | 66th |
| General Immunology and Microbiology | Q3 | 41/63 | 35th |
| Toxicology | Q3 | 98/131 | 25th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0.26Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher)
- 0.42Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.41OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 74Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 545 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 81 | 81 | 142 |
| 2025 | 167 | 167 | 182 |
| 2024 | 109 | 109 | 92 |
| 2023 | 128 | 128 | 28 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 9 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
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
56 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 33 days – 88 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 135 days (77 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 195 days
- Sample
- 76 articles with submission and acceptance dates (238 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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 44%Publisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 65 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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
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 | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- brief reportthat you did under the subject before. Brief Reports: Brief Reports should contain 1000 - 2000 words. The abstracts must not exceed 200 words and should be a simain text ≤ 2,000 words
- case reportA case report is a case study, case report, or other description of a case that should contain a structured abstract. In other meaning, clinical presentations m…references ≤ 20
- research articlea jpeg file separately via the website. Research articles should contain 2500 - 3500 words, the maximum number of references is 25, and the maximum numain text ≤ 3,500 words
- review articlefor display items (Figures and Tables).Review Articles should contain 3500 - 4000 words, the maximum number of references is 50, the maximum numbermain text ≤ 4,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Data availability Data Availability
Author must write databases that the research data is deposited or any repository website which the readers can use it regarding their manuscript or declare here that all data and supplementary infromation would be available upon request from the corresponding author
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Violation of Publication Ethics
Adheres to: the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) & World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) Model summary
Plagiarism: Plagiarism is intentionally using someone else’s ideas or other original material as if they are one's own. Copying even one sentence from someone else’s manuscript, or even one of your own that has previously been published, without proper citation is considered by Archives of Razi Institute Journal as plagiarism. All manuscripts under review or published with Archives of Razi Institu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Form
Once the manuscript is accepted, the author(s) are requested to send Copyright Form signed by all authors. Please note that by signing the copyright form, the authors confirm that they have read and approved the final draft of the manuscript submitted to the journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access Model summary
The Journal database is fully open access and full text of published articles are available for everyone who can get access to the Journal website free of charge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
Archives of Razi Institute Journal is a double-blind peer reviewed electronic quarterly publication
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Originality and Policy against plagiarism
Plagiarism screening with Turnitin Model summary
Our supporting website designer Sinaweb has a service for checking duplication of the titles (in English) and similarities of the English abstracts and main article. Also, self-plagiarism is very important to us; because the journal language is English and someone are trying to republish their previous papers published in Persian or other languages.
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
- Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute
- Country or region
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Language
- English, French
- ISSN
- 0365-3439
- Electronic ISSN
- 2008-9872
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 81 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Archives of Razi Institute
How long does peer review take at Archives of Razi Institute?
Based on the dates recorded on 76 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 56 days (interquartile range 33–88 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 44%. 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 Archives of Razi Institute based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Iran (7), India (1) and France (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Archives of Razi Institute?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Archives of Razi Institute is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Archives of Razi Institute open access, and what is the APC?
Archives of Razi Institute 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .