Journal profile · Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)
Campbell Systematic Reviews
ISSN 1891-1803 · Wiley-Blackwell · United Kingdom
Campbell Systematic Reviews: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.8 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 408 days to acceptance (92 articles, last 24 months); 74 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Campbell Systematic Reviews is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Crime Patterns and Interventions and Child Abuse and Trauma, together about 22.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published on behalf of the Campbell Collaboration, Campbell Systematic Reviews is a diamond open access journal publishing systematic reviews, evidence and gap maps, and methods research papers.The journal publishes content in a growing list of editorial topic areas, including: Ageing; Business and Management; Children and Young Persons Wellbeing; Climate Solutions; Crime and Justice; Disability; Education; Sustainable Development; Knowledge Translation and Implementation; Methods; and Social Welfare.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)
Editor-in-chief Vivian WelchPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 7 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United States 54, United Kingdom 44, Canada 14, Mainland China 7, Germany 7 (168 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology8.7%
- Crime Patterns and InterventionsSocial Sciences7.3%
- Child Abuse and TraumaPsychology6.3%
- Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisSocial Sciences5.5%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions5.4%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing4.7%
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsDecision Sciences4.5%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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)
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 8.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 14LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.46LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.81LetPub ·
- h-index
- 80OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 399OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.89OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 56LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,055 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 51 | 51 | 1 |
| 2025 | 74 | 74 | 133 |
| 2024 | 88 | 88 | 694 |
| 2023 | 81 | 81 | 1,102 |
| 2022 | 90 | 90 | 5,099 |
| 2021 | 78 | 78 | 1,849 |
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
408 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 276 days – 545 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 48 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 485 days
- Sample
- 92 articles with submission and acceptance dates (144 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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 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
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 | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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
- APA
Article types accepted2
- articleArticleLength not stated
- review articleReview ArticleLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Peer review
- AI use Artificial Intelligence Generated Content tools
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools — such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs) — cannot be considered capable of initiating an original piece of research without direction by human authors. They also cannot be accountable for a published work or for research design, which is a generally held requirement of authorship (as discussed in the previous section)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
Author name change policy Model summary
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
Data sharing policy Model summary
This journal expects data sharing. This entails providing a statement with every submission indicating whether the data is available and if so, how to access it.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
Copyright and permissions Model summary
The manuscript must be your original work, you must have the rights to the work, and you must have obtained and be able to supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you, including figures, illustrations, tables, lengthy quotations, or other material previously published elsewhere.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
This journal operates under an opt-in transparent peer review model. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are peer reviewed by at least two anonymous content reviewers, an Information Specialist and a Methods Editor. Papers will only be sent to referees if the Editor of the Coordinating Group determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1891-1803
- Society / sponsor
- Campbell Collaboration
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Campbell Systematic Reviews
What CAS zone is Campbell Systematic Reviews in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Campbell Systematic Reviews is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Campbell Systematic Reviews?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.8; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 14, h-index 80.
How long does peer review take at Campbell Systematic Reviews?
Based on the dates recorded on 92 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 408 days (interquartile range 276–545 days); authors report an average review time of about 6 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 Campbell Systematic Reviews based?
Of the 168 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 7 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (54), United Kingdom (44) and Canada (14). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Campbell Systematic Reviews?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Campbell Systematic Reviews is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Campbell Systematic Reviews open access, and what is the APC?
Campbell Systematic Reviews 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .