Journal profile · GENETICS & HEREDITY
Environmental Epigenetics
ISSN 2058-5888 · Oxford University Press · United Kingdom
Environmental Epigenetics: CAS Zone 2 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.3 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,352; median 159 days to acceptance (71 articles, last 24 months); 116 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmental Epigenetics is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 2 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant and animal studies and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, together about 36% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Current Zoology (formerly Acta Zoologica Sinica, founded in 1935) is an open access, bimonthly, peer-reviewed international journal of zoology. It publishes review articles and research papers in the fields of ecology, evolution and behaviour. Current Zoology is sponsored by Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with the China Zoological Society. Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 2.1 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 2.3 Zoology (Rank by Impact Factor) 31/183 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 4.3 Animal Science And Zoology (Rank by CiteScore) 78/520 About metrics Abstracting and Indexing Services Current Zoology is covered by several major indexing/abstracting services, including: Animal Breeding Abstracts Animal Science Database Biological Abstracts BIOSIS Previews CAB Abstracts Current Contents® /Agriculture, Biology, and Environmental Sciences Environmental Impact Index Journal Citation Reports /Science Edition PubMed Science Citation Index® Scopus Veterinary Science Database Web of Science Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide Zoological Record Disclaimer Statements of fact and opinion in the articles in Current Zoology are those of the respective authors and contributors and not of the Journal, China Zoological Society, or Oxford University Press, unless otherwise expressly indicated. Neither Oxford University Press, China Zoological Society, nor the Journal make any representation, express or implied, in respect of the accuracy of the material in the Journal and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Readers should make their own evaluation as to the appropriateness or otherwise of the information included.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): GENETICS & HEREDITY
Editor-in-chief Fumin LEIPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 35 in mainland China (about 42%); most named Mainland China 35, United States 11, Italy 8, Spain 4, Canada 4 (83 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Animal Behavior and ReproductionAgricultural and Biological Sciences19%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.4%
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science7.6%
- Amphibian and Reptile BiologyEnvironmental Science6.7%
- Animal Vocal Communication and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.7%
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.7%
- Avian ecology and behaviorEnvironmental Science4.6%
- Epigenetics and DNA MethylationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Genetics & Heredity | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Genetics & Heredity | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEWeb of SciencePubMedCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
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 (publisher) 2025
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- h-index
- 75OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 999OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,877 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 98 | 98 | 29 |
| 2025 | 116 | 116 | 196 |
| 2024 | 108 | 108 | 506 |
| 2023 | 67 | 67 | 539 |
| 2022 | 136 | 136 | 1,435 |
| 2021 | 119 | 119 | 1,583 |
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 PubMed · to
159 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 127 days – 194 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 7 days (70 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 172 days
- Sample
- 71 articles with submission and acceptance dates (72 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 17 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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 2,352 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,352 | Yes | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Discounts
- No discounts
- Page charges
- USD 3,625
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
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Graphical abstract
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
All authors should have made substantial contributions to the article, including: The conception and design of the study, or the acquisition of data, or the analysis and interpretation of data. Drafting of the article or critical revision of important intellectual content. Final approval of the submitted version. All authors should agree to take responsibility for all aspects of the work to ensure…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
Oxford University Press requires declaration of any conflict of interest upon submission online. If the manuscript is published, conflict of interest information will be communicated in a statement in the published paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Availability of Data and Materials
Where ethically feasible, Current Zoology strongly encourages authors to make all data and software code on which the conclusions of the paper rely available to readers. We suggest that data be presented in the main manuscript or additional supporting files, or deposited in a public repository whenever possible. For information on general repositories for all data types, and a list of recommended …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Authors should observe high standards with respect to publication ethics as set out by the Commission on Publication Ethics (COPE). Falsification or fabrication of data, plagiarism, including duplicate publication of the authors' own work without proper citation, and misappropriation of the work are all unacceptable practices. Any cases of ethical misconduct are treated very seriously and will be …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Third-party copyright
In order to reproduce any third party material, including tables, figures, or images, in an article authors must obtain permission from the copyright holder and be compliant with any requirements the copyright holder may have pertaining to this reuse. When seeking to reproduce any kind of third party material authors should request the following: non-exclusive rights to reproduce the material in t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Third-Party Content in Open Access papers
If you will be publishing your paper under an Open Access license but it contains material for which you do not have Open Access re-use permissions, please state this clearly by supplying the following credit line alongside the material: Title of content Author, Original publication, year of original publication, by permission of [rights holder] This image/content is not covered by the terms of th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
This journal operates single-anonymised peer review, meaning that the Authors identity is known to the Editor and to the Reviewers, but that the Reviewers’ identities are known only to the Editor and are hidden from the Authors. For full details about the peer review process, see Fair editing and peer review. All submissions to the journal are initially reviewed by one of the Editors. At this stag…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
Manuscripts submitted may be screened with iThenticate anti-plagiarism software in an attempt to detect and prevent plagiarism. Any manuscript may be screened, especially if there is reason to suppose part or all of the text has been previously published. Prior to final acceptance any manuscript that has not already been screened may be put through iThenticate. Please see more information about iT…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint policy
Authors retain the right to make an Author’s Original Version (preprint) available through various channels, and this does not prevent submission to the journal. For further information see our Online Licensing, Copyright and Permissions policies. If accepted, the authors are required to update the status of any preprint, including your published paper’s DOI, as described on our Author Self-Archiv…
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
- Oxford University Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2058-5888
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 72, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Environmental Epigenetics
What CAS zone is Environmental Epigenetics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Environmental Epigenetics is in Zone 2 of Biology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Genetics & Heredity. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Environmental Epigenetics?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 4.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 6, h-index 75.
How long does peer review take at Environmental Epigenetics?
Based on the dates recorded on 71 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 159 days (interquartile range 127–194 days); authors report an average review time of about 17 weeks. 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 Environmental Epigenetics?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Reference style: Vancouver; Graphical abstract: Required. 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 Environmental Epigenetics based?
Of the 83 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 35 (about 42%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (35), United States (11) and Italy (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Environmental Epigenetics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmental Epigenetics is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SCIE, Web of Science, PubMed, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Environmental Epigenetics open access, and what is the APC?
Environmental Epigenetics is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,352.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .