Journal profile · Physiology
Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging
ISSN 1475-0961 · eISSN 1475-097X · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 2002
Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.71; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,030; median 148 days to acceptance (83 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 53 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd 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 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control and Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention, together about 32.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging publishes reports on clinical and experimental research pertinent to human physiology in health and disease. The scope of the Journal is very broad, covering all aspects of the regulatory system in the cardiovascular, renal and pulmonary systems with special emphasis on methodological aspects. The focus for the journal is, however, work that has potential clinical relevance. The Journal also features review articles on recent front-line research within these fields of interest. Covered by the major abstracting services including Current Contents and Science Citation Index, Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging plays an important role in providing effective and productive communication among clinical physiologists world-wide. Submit a Manuscript OnlineClinical Physiology and Functional Imaging has recently upgraded its online manuscript submission system.Simply click here to submit your manuscript to Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging today.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Physiology
Editor-in-chief Magnus Dencker MalmöPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Denmark 17, Sweden 10, Norway 5, Finland 5, United States 1 (40 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiologyMedicine14.1%
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlMedicine11.7%
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease PreventionMedicine6.6%
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsMedicine6.2%
- Sports Performance and TrainingMedicine5.5%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine5.4%
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchMedicine4.9%
- Thermoregulation and physiological responsesMedicine4%
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 | Physiology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Physiology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Physiology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 1.71LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 79OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 957OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 42.66%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 38LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 42Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 154,045Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,908 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 56 | 32 | 6 |
| 2025 | 53 | 27 | 51 |
| 2024 | 61 | 44 | 151 |
| 2023 | 67 | 49 | 278 |
| 2022 | 80 | 33 | 443 |
| 2021 | 52 | 21 | 458 |
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
148 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 91 days – 233 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (83 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 159 days
- Sample
- 83 articles with submission and acceptance dates (124 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 18%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 18%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 189 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,030 / EUR 3,350 / GBP 2,670 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted5
- full-length papersFull-length papers: These are considered for publication provided that they describe significant, new and carefully confirmed findings and full experimental det…Length not stated
- perspectiveFull-length papers: These are considered for publication provided that they describe significant, new and carefully confirmed findings and full experimental det…Length not stated
- reviewFull-length papers: These are considered for publication provided that they describe significant, new and carefully confirmed findings and full experimental det…Length not stated
- reviewsReviews: Reviews intended to provide perspectives on developing controversial or particularly active areas of research are welcome.Length not stated
- short technical communicationsShort technical communications: These offer the opportunity for more rapid publication of exciting new observations. The manuscript should not occupy more than …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Open access, Plagiarism
- Publication ethics
Ethics: human-subject investigations must follow Declaration of Helsinki and ethics committee approval. Model summary
It is assumed that all investigations on human subjects described in manuscripts submitted to this journal shall have been conducted according to the principles expressed in the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by an ethics committee on human research.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
ORCID iD required for submitting author. Model summary
Open Access is available to authors of primary research articles who wish to make their article available to non-subscribers on publication, or whose funding agency requires grantees to archive the final version of their article. With Open Access, the author, the author's funding agency, or the author's institution pays a fee (APC) to ensure that the article is made available to non-subscribers up…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening via detection system. Model summary
Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging employs a plagiarism detection system. By submitting your manuscript to this journal, you accept that your manuscript may be screened for plagiarism against previous published works.
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 Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2002
- ISSN
- 1475-0961
- Electronic ISSN
- 1475-097X
- Society / sponsor
- Scandinavian Society of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 46, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging
What CAS zone is Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Physiology. 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.
What is the impact factor of Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.71; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 79.
How long does peer review take at Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging?
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 148 days (interquartile range 91–233 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 18% (2025). 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 Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging based?
Of the 40 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Denmark (17), Sweden (10) and Norway (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,030.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .