Journal profile · Obstetrics & Gynecology
Gynecological Endocrinology
ISSN 0951-3590 · eISSN 1473-0766 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 1987
Gynecological Endocrinology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.01; JCR Q1 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,990; median 100 days to acceptance (87 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 102 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Gynecological Endocrinology is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. 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 Ovarian function and disorders, Reproductive Biology and Fertility and Endometriosis Research and Treatment, together about 39.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Reproductive Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
*Please note that Gynecological Endocrinology converted to a full Open Access journal from Volume 39 (2023). Previous volumes will continue to provide access through a Pay to Read model. Gynecological Endocrinology , is a fully open access, international, peer-reviewed journal covering all experimental, clinical and therapeutic aspects of the ever more important discipline of gynecological endocrinology. The journal’s audience spans general practitioners, medical specialists (gynecologists, obstetricians, endocrinologists, epidemiologists, nutritionists and those in other allied fields), medical students and researchers. It includes, amongst others, papers in the experimental, clinical and therapeutic domains relating to: • The control and function of the different endocrine glands in females; • The effects of reproductive events on the endocrine system; • Hormonal transitions across the lifespan from puberty through to late postmenopause; • The consequences of endocrine disorders on reproduction to include menstrual irregularities, infertility, androgen excess and pregnancy; • Any other aspect exclusively related to gynecological endocrinology. Bearing this in mind, the journal is particularly interested in receiving articles related to gynecological endocrinology on the following topics: • Gynecology • Obstetrics • Reproduction (including Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI)) • Maternal-fetal medicine • Basic science • Pharmacology • Epidemiology • Metabolism • Oncology • Neuro-endocrinology • Psycho-somatic medicine • Contraception • Sexology • Puberty • Female aging • Quality of life If you are unsure about the relevance of your manuscript for the journal, please contact the Editor-in-Chief. Gynecological Endocrinology is the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology. The journal welcomes for consideration original research articles; review articles; systematic reviews (that may or not include meta-analysis); case reports; position statements; data notes; methods; registered reports; and letters to the editor. The journal also commissions editorials and commentaries for consideration for publication. All articles received by the journal will be subject to single anonymous peer review. Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English. Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Obstetrics & Gynecology
Editor-in-chief Peter ChedrauiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ovarian function and disordersMedicine20%
- Reproductive Biology and FertilityMedicine11.4%
- Endometriosis Research and TreatmentMedicine8.4%
- Menopause: Health Impacts and TreatmentsMedicine6.2%
- Reproductive System and PregnancyImmunology and Microbiology5.5%
- Estrogen and related hormone effectsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.3%
- Hormonal and reproductive studiesMedicine3.3%
- Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatmentMedicine3.2%
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 | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 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 | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus, BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences (CABS)
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
- 3.01LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.75Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 96OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,980OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 82LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 647,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 647,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,509 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 61 | 61 | 17 |
| 2025 | 102 | 102 | 241 |
| 2024 | 111 | 111 | 510 |
| 2023 | 111 | 111 | 993 |
| 2022 | 159 | 45 | 1,065 |
| 2021 | 178 | 35 | 2,647 |
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
100 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 39 days – 162 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (87 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 112 days
- Sample
- 87 articles with submission and acceptance dates (199 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)
- 3–6 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 18%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 18%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 29 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 29 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 79 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 79 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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 2,990 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted13
- case reportCase reportsLength not stated
- case reportsThe journal welcomes for consideration original research articles; review articles; systematic reviews (that may or not include meta-analysis); case reports; po…Length not stated
- data notesThe journal welcomes for consideration original research articles; review articles; systematic reviews (that may or not include meta-analysis); case reports; po…Length not stated
- letter to the editorLetters to the EditorLength not stated
- letters to the editorThe journal welcomes for consideration original research articles; review articles; systematic reviews (that may or not include meta-analysis); case reports; po…Length not stated
- methodsThe journal welcomes for consideration original research articles; review articles; systematic reviews (that may or not include meta-analysis); case reports; po…Length not stated
- original researchOriginal Research articlesLength not stated
- original research articlesThe journal welcomes for consideration original research articles; review articles; systematic reviews (that may or not include meta-analysis); case reports; po…Length not stated
- position statementsThe journal welcomes for consideration original research articles; review articles; systematic reviews (that may or not include meta-analysis); case reports; po…Length not stated
- registered reportsThe journal welcomes for consideration original research articles; review articles; systematic reviews (that may or not include meta-analysis); case reports; po…Length not stated
- reviewReview articlesLength not stated
- review articlesThe journal welcomes for consideration original research articles; review articles; systematic reviews (that may or not include meta-analysis); case reports; po…Length not stated
- systematic reviewsThe journal welcomes for consideration original research articles; review articles; systematic reviews (that may or not include meta-analysis); case reports; po…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Only publishes manuscripts in English Model summary
Gynecological Endocrinology is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership of your article Make an impact and reach new readers, not just t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single anonymous peer review Model summary
All articles received by the journal will be subject to single anonymous peer review.
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 and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1987
- ISSN
- 0951-3590
- Electronic ISSN
- 1473-0766
- Society / sponsor
- International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 42, Issue 1 (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 Gynecological Endocrinology
What CAS zone is Gynecological Endocrinology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Gynecological Endocrinology is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Endocrinology & Metabolism / Obstetrics & Gynecology. 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 Gynecological Endocrinology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.01; CiteScore 4.6, h-index 96.
How long does peer review take at Gynecological Endocrinology?
Based on the dates recorded on 87 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 100 days (interquartile range 39–162 days); authors report an average review time of 3–6 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 18% (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 JCR quartile is Gynecological Endocrinology in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Gynecological Endocrinology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Gynecological Endocrinology is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Gynecological Endocrinology open access, and what is the APC?
Gynecological Endocrinology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,990.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .