Journal profile · Toxicology
Clinical Toxicology
ISSN 1556-3650 · eISSN 1556-9519 · Informa Healthcare · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 2005
Clinical Toxicology: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.82; hybrid open access; median 109 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 198 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical Toxicology is published by Informa Healthcare and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Poisoning and overdose treatments, Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis and Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity, together about 47.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims and scopeJournal metrics Editorial board Clinical Toxicology is a subscription-based journal that publishes peer-reviewed scientific research and clinical advances in clinical toxicology. The journal reflects the professional concerns and best scientific judgment of its sponsors, the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, the European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists, America's Poison Centres and the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology and, as such, is the leading international journal in the specialty. Clinical Toxicology aims to be the journal of primary interest to practicing clinical toxicologists, whether in hospitals, poison centres, academia, government or industry. The journal is relevant to all professionals at the interface of clinical toxicology with acute care, occupational and environmental medicine, public health, regulatory toxicology, pharmacology and pharmaceutics, and analytical and forensic pathology. The journal welcomes for consideration the following article types: Clinical Research, Basic Research, Poison Centre Research, Methods, Reviews, Toxicological History, Rapid Communications, Images, Letters to the Editor: Original Scientific Contributions, Letters, and Commentaries. All articles received by the Journal will be subject to double-anonymous peer review. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal. Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article. Read full aims and scope
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Toxicology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Poisoning and overdose treatmentsMedicine31.5%
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug AnalysisPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics8.1%
- Pesticide Exposure and ToxicityAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.1%
- Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and ProtectionPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics7.7%
- Venomous Animal Envenomation and StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.5%
- Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentMedicine3.5%
- Methemoglobinemia and Tumor Lysis SyndromeMedicine2.9%
- Plant-based Medicinal ResearchPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview 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
- 3.82LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.03LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 85LetPub ·
- h-index
- 117OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,255OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 9.28%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 135LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,325 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 179 | 61 | 54 |
| 2025 | 198 | 52 | 374 |
| 2024 | 171 | 54 | 790 |
| 2023 | 153 | 49 | 1,381 |
| 2022 | 162 | 37 | 1,899 |
| 2021 | 222 | 38 | 2,647 |
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
109 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 69 days – 181 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 148 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (419 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)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Gold open access option Model summary
Overview Open journals Open Select Dove Medical Press F1000Research
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymous peer review Model summary
All articles received by the Journal will be subject to double-anonymous peer review.
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
- Informa Healthcare
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2005
- ISSN
- 1556-3650
- Electronic ISSN
- 1556-9519
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 64, Issue 9 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical Toxicology
What CAS zone is Clinical Toxicology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Clinical Toxicology is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Toxicology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Clinical Toxicology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.82; CiteScore 5.3, h-index 117.
How long does peer review take at Clinical Toxicology?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 109 days (interquartile range 69–181 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. 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 Toxicology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Clinical Toxicology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Clinical Toxicology open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical Toxicology 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .