Journal profile · Immunology
Critical Reviews in Immunology
ISSN 1040-8401 · Begell House Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1980
Critical Reviews in Immunology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.75; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 40 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Critical Reviews in Immunology is published by Begell House Inc. 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 Immune Cell Function and Interaction, T-cell and B-cell Immunology and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, together about 52.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Immunology and Oncology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Immunology covers a broad spectrum of investigations at the genes, molecular, cellular, organ and system levels to reveal defense mechanisms against pathogens as well as protection against tumors and autoimmune diseases. The great advances in immunology in recent years make this field one of the most dynamic and rapidly growing in medical sciences. Critical ReviewsTM in Immunology (CRI) seeks to present a balanced overview of contemporary adaptive and innate immune responses related to autoimmunity, tumor, microbe, transplantation, neuroimmunology, immune regulation and immunotherapy from basic to translational aspects in health and disease. The articles that appear in CRI are mostly obtained by invitations to active investigators. But the journal will also consider proposals from the scientific community. Interested investigators should send their inquiries to the editor before submitting a manuscript.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Immunology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Immune Cell Function and InteractionImmunology and Microbiology20.5%
- T-cell and B-cell ImmunologyImmunology and Microbiology18%
- Immunotherapy and Immune ResponsesImmunology and Microbiology14.1%
- Immune Response and InflammationImmunology and Microbiology5.9%
- Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersMedicine4.2%
- CAR-T cell therapy researchMedicine4.2%
- Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchMedicine3.8%
- Immune cells in cancerImmunology and Microbiology2.3%
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 | Immunology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Immunology | 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 | Immunology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
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
- 1.75LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 101OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 549OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,068 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 40 | 2 | 25 |
| 2024 | 47 | 2 | 132 |
| 2023 | 50 | 10 | 185 |
| 2022 | 35 | 9 | 113 |
| 2021 | 40 | 17 | 178 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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
- Begell House Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1980
- ISSN
- 1040-8401
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Critical Reviews in Immunology
What CAS zone is Critical Reviews in Immunology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Critical Reviews in Immunology is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Immunology. 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 Critical Reviews in Immunology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.75; CiteScore 2.2, h-index 101.
How long does peer review take at Critical Reviews in Immunology?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”. 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 Critical Reviews in Immunology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Critical Reviews in Immunology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Critical Reviews in Immunology open access, and what is the APC?
Critical Reviews in Immunology is a subscription 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .