Journal profile · Chemistry, Analytical
Electrophoresis
ISSN 0173-0835 · eISSN 1522-2683 · Wiley-VCH Verlag · GERMANY · Semimonthly · Founded 1980
Electrophoresis: CAS Zone 3 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.54; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,940; median 115 days to acceptance (83 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: hard; 162 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Electrophoresis is published by Wiley-VCH Verlag and is in Zone 3 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications, Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, together about 42.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Biomedical Engineering and Spectroscopy. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ELECTROPHORESIS is an international journal that publishes original manuscripts on all aspects of electrophoresis, and liquid phase separations (e.g., HPLC, micro- and nano-LC, UHPLC, micro- and nano-fluidics, liquid-phase micro-extractions, etc.). Topics include new or improved analytical and preparative methods, sample preparation, development of theory, and innovative applications of electrophoretic and liquid phase separations methods in the study of nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates natural products, pharmaceuticals, food analysis, environmental species and other compounds of importance to the life sciences. Papers in the areas of microfluidics and proteomics, which are not limited to electrophoresis-based methods, will also be accepted for publication. Contributions focused on hyphenated and omics techniques are also of interest. Proteomics is within the scope, if related to its fundamentals and new technical approaches. Proteomics applications are only considered in particular cases. Papers describing the application of standard electrophoretic methods will not be considered. Papers on nanoanalysis intended for publication in ELECTROPHORESIS should focus on one or more of the following topics:• Nanoscale electrokinetics and phenomena related to electric double layer and/or confinement in nano-sized geometry • Single cell and subcellular analysis• Nanosensors and ultrasensitive detection aspects (e.g., involving quantum dots, "nanoelectrodes" or nanospray MS)• Nanoscale/nanopore DNA sequencing (next generation sequencing) • Micro- and nanoscale sample preparation • Nanoparticles and cells analyses by dielectrophoresis • Separation-based analysis using nanoparticles, nanotubes and nanowires Contributions will be allocated to one of six subject categories: • General, capillary electrophoresis and capillary electrochromatography (CE and CEC) • Liquid phase separations• Miniaturization• Nanoparticle, microparticle and cell analysis• Nucleic acids• Proteins, proteomics and two-dimensional electrophoresis (2DE) During submission, authors are requested to indicate their preferred subject category. ELECTROPHORESIS will continue to serve as an indispensable vehicle for the dissemination of efficacious advances by covering all operative approaches from gels through capillaries to chips. ISSN: 0173-0835 (print), 1522-2683 (online) How to cite: To make sure that references to this journal are correctly recorded and resolved (for example in CrossRef or ISI W
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Analytical
Editor-in-chief Hervé CottetPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 14%); most named United States 3, Germany 2, Mainland China 1, Netherlands 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis ApplicationsEngineering25%
- Microfluidic and Bio-sensing TechnologiesEngineering9.4%
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry8.4%
- Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques InnovationEngineering6.6%
- Mass Spectrometry Techniques and ApplicationsChemistry6.2%
- Advanced Proteomics Techniques and ApplicationsChemistry4.9%
- Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport StudiesEngineering3.4%
- Biosensors and Analytical DetectionEngineering3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Biochemical Research Methods | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Biochemical Research Methods | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Biochemical Research Methods | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedINSPECEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: AGRICOLA
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
- 2.54LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 150LetPub ·
- h-index
- 197OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10,288OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 32.35%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 115LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 117Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 553,643Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 18,004 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 102 | 53 | 15 |
| 2025 | 162 | 83 | 326 |
| 2024 | 235 | 143 | 777 |
| 2023 | 248 | 157 | 1,467 |
| 2022 | 266 | 80 | 1,970 |
| 2021 | 335 | 67 | 3,526 |
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
115 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 74 days – 161 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (82 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 129 days
- Sample
- 83 articles with submission and acceptance dates (299 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)
- about 2.5 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- HardLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 54%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 54%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 27 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 27 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 123 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- 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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,940 / EUR 3,300 / GBP 2,610 | — | — | |
| 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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Optional
Article types accepted4
- editorialELECTROPHORESIS publishes the following types of submissions: Original Research Article Review Article Short Communication EditorialLength not stated
- original research articleELECTROPHORESIS publishes the following types of submissions: Original Research Article Review Article Short Communication EditorialLength not stated
- review articleELECTROPHORESIS publishes the following types of submissions: Original Research Article Review Article Short Communication EditorialLength not stated
- short communicationELECTROPHORESIS publishes the following types of submissions: Original Research Article Review Article Short Communication EditorialLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Self-archiving
- AI use Disclosing the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
If you or your co-authors have used Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs) to develop any portion of a manuscript, their use must be described transparently and in detail in the Methods section. Find more details in Wiley’s AI policy in full in the Best Practices Guidelines on Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author Contributions (CRediT)
Free format submission. Model summary
This journal requires details of all authors' contributions to the work by filling out CRediT (Contribution Roles Taxonomy) information during revision. This information provided will be used to automatically generate an author contribution statement that will be published with the final article. You can learn more about CRediT and read an explanation of contribution roles on Wiley' CRediT informa…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest (COIs)
When submitting your manuscript, you must disclose any potential conflicts of interests (also referred to as “competing interests”) that might appear to affect your or your co-authors' ability to present work objectively. Potential conflicts of interest come in many forms and may include financial (for example, patent ownership, stock ownership, research funding, consultancies, or speaker’s fees),…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing
Data availability statement required. Model summary
This journal expects data sharing. You can learn more about data sharing in Wiley’s Data Sharing Policies resource.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics COPE
This journal adheres to the ethical standards set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) to uphold integrity in scholarly research and publishing. While COPE previously organized its guidance around “core practices,” these have since been replaced with a topic-based structure to better reflect the evolving needs of the research community. You can learn more about this transition and explore…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and licensing
Standard copyright or CC license for OA. Model summary
Authors may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright agreement or publish open access under the terms of a Creative Commons (CC) license. Standard re-use and licensing rights vary by journal. Note: Some funders require authors to use a particular type of CC license. Please check directly with your funder to determine whether you must publish your article under a specif…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
This is a subscription journal that offers an open access publication option. After acceptance, you’ll have the option to make the article open access. If you want to do so, the article will be subject to an Article Publication Charge (APC) unless a waiver applies. Please read more about APCs and whether you may be eligible for waivers or discounts through your institution, your funder, or a count…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Model
Single-anonymized peer review; at least two anonymous reviewers plus handling editors. Model summary
We follow a single-anonymized peer review model, for applicable article types. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are peer reviewed by at least two anonymous reviewers and the handling editors. Papers authored by Editors or Editorial Board members of the journal will be handled by Editors unaffiliated with the author or institution and monitored carefully to ensure there is no peer review …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Preprint submissions accepted. Model summary
This journal accepts submissions previously published on preprint servers. You will be asked to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. You can review Wiley's general preprint policy to learn more.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-Archiving definitions and policies
Self-archiving allowed under conditions. Model summary
This journal’s standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions. You can learn more by reading Wiley’s self-archiving policy.
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-VCH Verlag
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semimonthly
- Founded
- 1980
- ISSN
- 0173-0835
- Electronic ISSN
- 1522-2683
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 47, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Electrophoresis
What CAS zone is Electrophoresis in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Electrophoresis is in Zone 3 of Biology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Biochemical Research Methods / Chemistry, Analytical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Electrophoresis?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.54; CiteScore 5.6, h-index 197.
How long does peer review take at Electrophoresis?
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 115 days (interquartile range 74–161 days); authors report an average review time of about 2.5 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Hard”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 54% (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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Electrophoresis?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Electrophoresis based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 14%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (3), Germany (2) and Mainland China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Electrophoresis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Electrophoresis is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, INSPEC, Embase, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Electrophoresis open access, and what is the APC?
Electrophoresis is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,940.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .