Journal profile · Medicine, Research & Experimental
CTS-Clinical and Translational Science
ISSN 1752-8054 · eISSN 1752-8062 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 2008
CTS-Clinical and Translational Science: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.23; fully open access; APC about USD 3,990; median 105 days to acceptance (104 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 370 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
CTS-Clinical and Translational Science is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd 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 Health and Medical Research Impacts, Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, together about 31.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
<em>Clinical and Translational Science</em> is an open access translational research journal combining laboratory discoveries with the diagnosis and treatment of human disease.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine, Research & Experimental
Editor-in-chief John A. WagnerPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Medical Research ImpactsMedicine11.6%
- Pharmacogenetics and Drug MetabolismPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.4%
- Statistical Methods in Clinical TrialsMathematics5.3%
- Pharmaceutical studies and practicesMedicine4.8%
- Ethics in Clinical ResearchMedicine4.7%
- Drug Transport and Resistance MechanismsMedicine4.4%
- Biomedical Ethics and RegulationMedicine3.9%
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 | Medicine, Research & Experimental | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medicine, Research & Experimental | 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 | Medicine, Research & Experimental | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 4.23LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.08LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 85OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,272OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 333LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 342Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,091,455Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,287 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 282 | 282 | 82 |
| 2025 | 370 | 370 | 1,295 |
| 2024 | 329 | 329 | 3,530 |
| 2023 | 250 | 250 | 2,871 |
| 2022 | 257 | 257 | 3,489 |
| 2021 | 249 | 249 | 4,967 |
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
105 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 75 days – 150 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 22 days (104 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 133 days
- Sample
- 104 articles with submission and acceptance dates (712 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)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 48%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 32 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 100 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
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 accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 3,990 / GBP 3,030 / EUR 3,400 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,630 / EUR 3,090 / GBP 2,760 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 3,300 / GBP 4,500 / EUR 3,800 | Yes | — |
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2008
- ISSN
- 1752-8054
- Electronic ISSN
- 1752-8062
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19, Issue 10 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about CTS-Clinical and Translational Science
What CAS zone is CTS-Clinical and Translational Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, CTS-Clinical and Translational Science is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Medicine, Research & Experimental. 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 CTS-Clinical and Translational Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.23; CiteScore 5.4, h-index 85.
How long does peer review take at CTS-Clinical and Translational Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 104 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 105 days (interquartile range 75–150 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 48% (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.
Which databases index CTS-Clinical and Translational Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, CTS-Clinical and Translational Science is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is CTS-Clinical and Translational Science open access, and what is the APC?
CTS-Clinical and Translational Science is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,990.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .