Journal profile · Cell Biology
Autophagy
ISSN 1554-8627 · eISSN 1554-8635 · Landes Bioscience · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 2005
Autophagy: CAS Zone 1 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 18.77; hybrid open access; median 203 days to acceptance (83 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: hard; 243 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Autophagy is published by Landes Bioscience and is in Zone 1 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease and Cellular transport and secretion, together about 57.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Cell Biology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Autophagy in Disease and TherapyMedicine43.9%
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and DiseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.6%
- Cellular transport and secretionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.3%
- Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolismBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.4%
- Mitochondrial Function and PathologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.1%
- Ubiquitin and proteasome pathwaysBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.1%
- Lysosomal Storage Disorders ResearchMedicine2.8%
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsMedicine2.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | 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
- 18.77LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 22.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 4.51LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 121LetPub ·
- h-index
- 244OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,003OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.86OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 22.94%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 205LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,152 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 266 | 172 | 200 |
| 2025 | 243 | 240 | 1,692 |
| 2024 | 239 | 237 | 3,988 |
| 2023 | 246 | 245 | 9,860 |
| 2022 | 302 | 302 | 11,389 |
| 2021 | 291 | 291 | 18,666 |
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
203 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 50 days – 281 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (83 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 214 days
- Sample
- 83 articles with submission and acceptance dates (575 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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- HardLetPub ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Landes Bioscience
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2005
- ISSN
- 1554-8627
- Electronic ISSN
- 1554-8635
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Autophagy
What CAS zone is Autophagy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Autophagy is in Zone 1 of Biology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Cell Biology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Autophagy?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 18.77; CiteScore 22.5, h-index 244.
How long does peer review take at Autophagy?
Based on the dates recorded on 83 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 203 days (interquartile range 50–281 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Hard”. 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 Autophagy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Autophagy is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Autophagy open access, and what is the APC?
Autophagy 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, 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: .