Journal profile · Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics-Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (all)
F1000Research
ISSN 2046-1402 · Taylor & Francis · United Kingdom
F1000Research: fully open access; APC about USD 1,758; review about 1 week (community reports); 2,049 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
F1000Research is published by Taylor & Francis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks and Gene expression and cancer classification, together about 22.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
1. Aims and Scope What is F1000Research's scope? + ‐ F1000Research publishes articles and other research outputs reporting basic scientific, scholarly, translational and clinical research across the physical and life sciences, engineering, medicine, social sciences and humanities. F1000Research is a scholarly publication platform set up for the scientific, scholarly and medical research community; each article has at least one author who is a qualified researcher, scholar or clinician actively working in their speciality and who has made a key contribution to the article. Articles must be original (not duplications). All research is suitable irrespective of the perceived level of interest or novelty; we welcome confirmatory and negative results, as well as null studies. F1000Research publishes different type of research, including clinical trials, systematic reviews, software tools, method articles, and many others. Reviews and Opinion articles providing a balanced and comprehensive overview of the latest discoveries in a particular field, or presenting a personal perspective on recent developments, are also welcome. See the full list of article types we accept for more information. All articles are published using a fully transparent model; the authors are solely responsible for the content of their article. Invited peer review takes place openly after publication and once peer review has been completed and the platform has been formally approved by bibliographic databases, articles that pass peer review will be indexed there. F1000Research is an Open Science platform: all articles are published open access; the publishing and peer review processes are fully transparent; and authors are asked to include detailed descriptions of methods and to provide full and easy access to the source data underlying the results in order to improve reproducibility. F1000Research also publishes other research outputs, collectively called documents, such as policies, guidelines, and workflows- these vary in formats and often differ from traditional scholarly publications. They are always linked to a specific gateway or collection (see below) and are published as a service to the wider research community. Posters, slides and documents are not peer reviewed, and do not appear in bibliographic databases such as PubMed.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics-Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.3%
- Bioinformatics and Genomic NetworksBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.3%
- Gene expression and cancer classificationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6%
- Scientific Computing and Data ManagementDecision Sciences4.9%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine4.4%
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.3%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchMedicine4.1%
- Visual perception and processing mechanismsNeuroscience4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPMCPubMedEmbasePublisher website
Other: Crossref, Google Scholar
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 174OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,146OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.14OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 26,635 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,937 | 1,937 | 241 |
| 2025 | 2,049 | 2,049 | 2,680 |
| 2024 | 2,219 | 2,219 | 4,125 |
| 2023 | 2,070 | 2,070 | 5,865 |
| 2022 | 1,904 | 1,904 | 8,340 |
| 2021 | 1,511 | 1,511 | 15,161 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1 weekLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 7 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Post-publication peer review, Open 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 1,758 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,350 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,350 | Yes | — |
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 accepted17
- brief reportBrief Reports are small, often preliminary studies, that contain only essential references, and minimal tables and figures, placing full attention on empirical …Length not stated
- brief reportsBrief Reports are small, often preliminary studies, that contain only essential references, and minimal tables and figures, placing full attention on empirical …Length not stated
- case reportsA medical Case Report should be original and provide adequate detail of a single patient case. It does not need to describe an especially novel or unusual case …Length not stated
- case studiesCase Studies are a process or record of research into the development of a person, group or situation over a period of time. They are an empirical inquiry that …Length not stated
- clinical practice articlesClinical Practice Articles describe case series (i.e. group or series of case reports involving patients who were given similar treatment), but should not be ba…Length not stated
- correspondenceCorrespondence articles are short, peer reviewed comments directly relating to one or more articles published in F1000Research or elsewhere. Correspondence arti…Length not stated
- data notesData Notes are brief descriptions of datasets that promote the potential reuse of research data and include details of why and how the data were created; they d…Length not stated
- editorialsEditorials are short personal perspectives about topics relevant to F1000Research’s aims and its gateways. They are usually commissioned from authors closely as…Length not stated
- genome notesGenome Notes are brief descriptions of genome sequences that promote the potential reuse of sequences and include details of why and how the genomes were sequen…Length not stated
- method articlesMethod Articles describe new and well tested experimental, observational, theoretical or computational methods or procedures, either quantitative or qualitative…Length not stated
- opinion articlesOpinion Articles give the authors’ perspective on a topical issue. Where appropriate, authors should provide a balanced view of different opinions in the field,…Length not stated
- policy briefsPolicy Briefs provide a succinct overview and analysis of a policy or policy-related issue. The article should include a section on implications while actionabl…Length not stated
- registered reportsRegistered Reports are a form of empirical article in which the methods and proposed analyses are published and reviewed prior to research being conducted. This…Length not stated
- research articlesResearch Articles should present originality in findings and insights and offer theoretical, empirical, experimental and/or methodological advances to their res…Length not stated
- reviewsReviews should provide a balanced and comprehensive overview of the latest discoveries in a particular field.Length not stated
- software tool articlesA Software Tool Article should include the rationale for the development of the tool and details of the code used for its construction. The article should provi…Length not stated
- systematic reviewsSystematic reviews should deal with a clearly formulated question and use systematic and explicit methods to identify, select, and critically assess the relevan…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review Open Peer Review& User Commenting
Post-publication peer review model; policies must be reviewed before submission. Model summary
Expert reviewers are selected and invited, and their reports and names are published alongside the article, together with the authors' responses and comments from registered users.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2046-1402
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- 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 F1000Research
How long does peer review take at F1000Research?
Authors report an average review time of about 1 week. 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 F1000Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, F1000Research is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PMC, PubMed and Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is F1000Research open access, and what is the APC?
F1000Research is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,758.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .