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Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction
ISSN 2305-0500 · eISSN 2305-0519 · Wolters Kluwer Health · India
Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.1 (journal website); JCR Q4 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 131 days to acceptance (77 articles, last 24 months); 47 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction is published by Wolters Kluwer Health and is in Zone 4 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sperm and Testicular Function, Reproductive Biology and Fertility and Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, together about 41.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Reproductive Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary-Veterinary (all)
Editor-in-chief Yuanhua HuangPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sperm and Testicular FunctionMedicine17.1%
- Reproductive Biology and FertilityMedicine16.4%
- Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.9%
- Ovarian function and disordersMedicine7.2%
- Reproductive Health and TechnologiesMedicine5.7%
- Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin PregnancyMedicine4.8%
- Reproductive System and PregnancyImmunology and Microbiology4%
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Reproductive Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Reproductive Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY · rank 41/44
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 202OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.18OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 775 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 31 | 3 |
| 2025 | 47 | 47 | 33 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 98 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | 88 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | 129 |
| 2021 | 36 | 36 | 161 |
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
131 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 74 days – 174 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 74 days (77 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 214 days
- Sample
- 77 articles with submission and acceptance dates (88 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 9 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 27 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
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-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2305-0500
- Electronic ISSN
- 2305-0519
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction
What CAS zone is Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Reproductive Biology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.5, h-index 36.
How long does peer review take at Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction?
Based on the dates recorded on 77 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 131 days (interquartile range 74–174 days); authors report an average review time of about 9 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.
What JCR quartile is Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY Q4 (41/44). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Biology.
Which databases index Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction open access, and what is the APC?
Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction 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, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .