Journal profile · Toxicology
Critical Reviews in Toxicology
ISSN 1040-8444 · eISSN 1547-6898 · Informa Healthcare · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1980
Critical Reviews in Toxicology: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.7; hybrid open access; median 110 days to acceptance (70 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 45 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Critical Reviews in Toxicology is published by Informa Healthcare and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment, Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals and Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity, together about 36.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims and scopeJournal metrics Editorial board Critical Reviews in Toxicology publishes review articles on toxicology and the application of toxicological information to assess human health hazards and risks. Critical Reviews in Toxicology provides objective analyses of topics related to the mechanisms of action, responses, and assessment of health risks due to toxicant exposure. Toxicants of concern include: Commodity and specialty chemicals such as formaldehyde, acrylonitrile, and pesticides Pharmaceutical agents of all types Consumer products such as macronutrients and food additives Environmental agents such as ambient ozone Occupational exposures such as asbestos and benzene Reviews can cover toxicological responses that range from observations at the molecular and cellular level to physiological and pathological alterations in intact mammals and populations of laboratory animals and people. Responses in all major organ systems are of interest, with emphasis on those identified as human diseases or their precursor events, such as cancer, reproductive and developmental effects. Critical Reviews in Toxicology welcomes review manuscripts which integrate information from multiple levels of biological organization in order to estimate health risks in the context of relevant human exposures in the environment, in the workplace, and as a result of the use of consumer products and pharmaceuticals. The journal operates a single-anonymized peer review policy. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal. 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
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity AssessmentBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology17%
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicalsEnvironmental Science12.4%
- Pesticide Exposure and ToxicityAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.2%
- Toxic Organic Pollutants ImpactEnvironmental Science7%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science6.8%
- Heavy Metal Exposure and ToxicityEnvironmental Science5.1%
- Animal testing and alternativesVeterinary4.6%
- Occupational exposure and asthmaMedicine3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 2 |
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
- 5.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 98LetPub ·
- h-index
- 187OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,102OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 32.46%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,373 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 15 | 5 |
| 2025 | 45 | 31 | 237 |
| 2024 | 41 | 30 | 601 |
| 2023 | 32 | 19 | 508 |
| 2022 | 43 | 21 | 804 |
| 2021 | 45 | 27 | 1,710 |
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
110 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 69 days – 150 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 54 days (70 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 168 days
- Sample
- 70 articles with submission and acceptance dates (81 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 acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
- Open access Open access
Overview Open journals Open Select Dove Medical Press F1000Research
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
- 1980
- ISSN
- 1040-8444
- Electronic ISSN
- 1547-6898
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 56, Issue 6 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Critical Reviews in Toxicology
What CAS zone is Critical Reviews in Toxicology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Critical Reviews in Toxicology is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 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 Critical Reviews in Toxicology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.7; CiteScore 8.2, h-index 187.
How long does peer review take at Critical Reviews in Toxicology?
Based on the dates recorded on 70 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 110 days (interquartile range 69–150 days); the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”. 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 Toxicology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Critical Reviews in Toxicology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Critical Reviews in Toxicology open access, and what is the APC?
Critical Reviews in 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: .