Journal profile · Toxicology
Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis
ISSN 0893-6692 · eISSN 1098-2280 · Wiley-Liss Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1987
Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.71; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,750; median 85 days to acceptance (79 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 62 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis is published by Wiley-Liss 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 Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment, DNA Repair Mechanisms and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, together about 51.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
EMM is the flagship journal of the prestigious Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society. The 2025 Impact Factor for EMM in 2.7. Open Access publishing opportunities with EMM. Emm is widely read, with more than 153,500 Full Text Views in 2025. Free Format submissions simplify and streamline the submission process. Rapid publication process: in 2025, the median number of days from submission to first decision was 20 days. Wiley Author Services offers a suite of resources to help you publish and promote your article. EMGS members have free online access to EMM. LaTeX template provided for easier submissions.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Toxicology
Editor-in-chief Robert W. SobolPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Canada 5, United Kingdom 1, Japan 1, Germany 1, Sweden 1 (12 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity AssessmentBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.7%
- DNA Repair MechanismsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15.2%
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicalsEnvironmental Science5.6%
- Genetically Modified Organisms ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
- DNA and Nucleic Acid ChemistryBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.1%
- CRISPR and Genetic EngineeringBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.6%
- Plant Genetic and Mutation StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.5%
- Molecular Biology Techniques and ApplicationsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.2%
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 | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Genetics & Heredity | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Genetics & Heredity | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Toxicology | 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 | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Genetics & Heredity | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Astrophysics Data System
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
- 2.71LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.85LetPub ·
- h-index
- 79LetPub ·
- h-index
- 124OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,152OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 44.35%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 40Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 153,500Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 155,478Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,139 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 19 | 7 |
| 2025 | 62 | 40 | 154 |
| 2024 | 65 | 47 | 248 |
| 2023 | 64 | 47 | 331 |
| 2022 | 61 | 23 | 517 |
| 2021 | 59 | 31 | 469 |
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
85 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 66 days – 113 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 28 days (79 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 122 days
- Sample
- 79 articles with submission and acceptance dates (101 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)
- 12–24 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 30%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 30%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 89 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 27 daysPublisher 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 3,750 / EUR 3,120 / GBP 2,500 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- brief communicationws on a pertinent topic are encouraged. Brief Communications These are short original scientific papers that are restricted to approximately 2,500 words (approx…main text ≤ 2,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship Credit
No submission fees Model summary
The Wiley Exclusive License form, the open access in hybrid titles form, and the Copyright Assignment form, one of which must be submitted before publication in any Wiley journal, requires the corresponding author to state that written authorization for publication of the article has been received from all co-authors. Authorship credit should be based on (1) substantial contributions to conception…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Declaration
At the time of submission, EMM policy requires that each and every author reveal any financial interests or connections, direct or indirect, or other situations that might raise the question of bias in the work reported or the conclusions, implications, or opinions stated. These include pertinent commercial or other sources of funding for the individual author(s) or for the associated department(s…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics PUBLICATION ETHICS
Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis endorses the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines and will pursue all cases of suspected research and publication misconduct (e.g., falsification, fabrication, plagiarism, inappropriate image manipulation, redundant publication). Please visit http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/publicationethics.asp for important information on major ethical…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access in Hybrid Journals
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints PREPRINT POLICY:
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here.Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. You are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
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-Liss Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1987
- ISSN
- 0893-6692
- Electronic ISSN
- 1098-2280
- Society / sponsor
- Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 67, Issue 5-7 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis
What CAS zone is Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Environmental Sciences / Genetics & Heredity / Toxicology. 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 Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.71; CiteScore 4.6, h-index 124.
How long does peer review take at Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis?
Based on the dates recorded on 79 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 85 days (interquartile range 66–113 days); authors report an average review time of 12–24 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 30% (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.
Where are the editorial board members of Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis based?
Of the 12 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Canada (5), United Kingdom (1) and Japan (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis open access, and what is the APC?
Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,750.
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: .