Journal profile · Medicine-Oncology
Breast Disease
ISSN 0888-6008 · eISSN 1558-1551 · SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press)
Breast Disease: fully open access; APC about USD 2,100; review about 2 days (submission to first decision, publisher); 5 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Breast Disease is published by SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Breast Lesions and Carcinomas and Cancer and Skin Lesions, together about 43.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Oncology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Breast Disease publishes review issues devoted to an in-depth analysis of the scientific and public implications of recent research on a specific problem in breast cancer. Thus, the reviews will not only discuss recent discoveries but will also reflect on their impact in breast … | View full journal description
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Oncology
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 11, Israel 1 (12 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Breast Cancer Treatment StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.5%
- Breast Lesions and CarcinomasMedicine16.3%
- Cancer and Skin LesionsMedicine6.9%
- Breast Implant and ReconstructionMedicine6.4%
- HER2/EGFR in Cancer ResearchMedicine5.6%
- Cancer Risks and FactorsMedicine4.5%
- BRCA gene mutations in cancerBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.3%
- Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningMedicine3.5%
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
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 266OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.28OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 924 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | 128 |
| 2023 | 66 | 59 | 217 |
| 2022 | 38 | 4 | 162 |
| 2021 | 76 | 2 | 476 |
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
- Submission to first decision
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | USD 2,100 | — | — |
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 prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 1,500 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- case reportOriginal Research Articles Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- meta-analysisOriginal Research Articles Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- original research articleOriginal Research Articles Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- research articleOriginal Research Articles Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- research reportOriginal Research Articles Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- reviewOriginal Research Articles Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- review articleOriginal Research Articles Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- short communicationOriginal Research Articles Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
- systematic reviewOriginal Research Articles Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. As a condition of publication authors are required to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data availability statement. This sho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Breast Disease is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable to cover the cost of publishing, paid by the funder, in…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract. The journal endorses the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are regi…
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
- SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press)
- ISSN
- 0888-6008
- Electronic ISSN
- 1558-1551
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Breast Disease
How long does peer review take at Breast Disease?
The publisher reports about 2 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Breast Disease?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 1,500 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Breast Disease based?
Of the 12 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (11) and Israel (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Breast Disease?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Breast Disease is indexed in Scopus.
Is Breast Disease open access, and what is the APC?
Breast Disease is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,100.
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: .