Journal profile · ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology
ISSN 0918-5739 · eISSN 1347-7358 · Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology
Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; median 106 days to acceptance (75 articles, last 24 months); 45 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology is published by Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors, Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones and Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments, together about 38.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Genetics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth FactorsMedicine18.5%
- Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormonesMedicine10.3%
- Pituitary Gland Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine9.9%
- Adrenal Hormones and DisordersMedicine6.4%
- Sexual Differentiation and DisordersBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.2%
- Thyroid Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine5.3%
- Diabetes and associated disordersBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4%
- Genomics and Rare DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | Q2 | 172/351 | 51st |
| Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism | Q3 | 179/250 | 28th |
| Endocrinology | Q4 | 109/132 | 17th |
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 154OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.72OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 36.36%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,631 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42 | 42 | 418 |
| 2025 | 45 | 45 | 503 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 574 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 558 |
| 2022 | 36 | 36 | 554 |
| 2021 | 44 | 44 | 517 |
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
106 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 78 days – 163 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (73 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 126 days
- Sample
- 75 articles with submission and acceptance dates (86 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".
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology
- ISSN
- 0918-5739
- Electronic ISSN
- 1347-7358
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology
What CAS zone is Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Endocrinology & Metabolism. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology?
Based on the dates recorded on 75 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 106 days (interquartile range 78–163 days). 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 Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .