Journal profile · Immunology
Immunology
ISSN 0019-2805 · eISSN 1365-2567 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND · Monthly
Immunology: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.29; hybrid open access; APC about USD 5,330; median 132 days to acceptance (90 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 195 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Immunology is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Immune Cell Function and Interaction, T-cell and B-cell Immunology and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, together about 50.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Immunology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Immunology is one of the longest-established immunology journals and is recognised as one of the leading journals in its field. We have global representation in authors, editors and reviewers. Immunology publishes papers describing original findings in all areas of cellular and molecular immunology. High-quality original articles describing mechanistic insights into fundamental aspects of the immune system are welcome. Topics of interest to the journal include: immune cell development, cancer immunology, systems immunology/omics and informatics, inflammation, immunometabolism, immunology of infection, microbiota and immunity, mucosal immunology, and neuroimmunology.The journal also publishes commissioned review articles on subjects of topical interest to immunologists. The editor will consider unsolicited review articles or review series suggestions, which can be proposed by submitting a title, list of authors, and abstract. Immunology is essential reading for workers in all areas of immunological research. If you would like to submit an article to Immunology, please visit the Author Guidelines page here.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Immunology
Editor-in-chief Greg DelgoffePublisher website
Editorial board by country: 9 in mainland China (about 10%); most named United States 31, United Kingdom 19, Mainland China 9, India 6, Canada 3 (94 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Immune Cell Function and InteractionImmunology and Microbiology20.1%
- T-cell and B-cell ImmunologyImmunology and Microbiology17.4%
- Immunotherapy and Immune ResponsesImmunology and Microbiology13%
- Immune Response and InflammationImmunology and Microbiology8.6%
- Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchMedicine4.4%
- Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersMedicine2.9%
- CAR-T cell therapy researchMedicine2.9%
- Immune cells in cancerImmunology and Microbiology2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Immunology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Immunology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Immunology | 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
MEDLINEPMCPubMedEmbaseCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, 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
- 5.29LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 5.4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 10.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 10.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.58LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 117LetPub ·
- h-index
- 191OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,356OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 32.46%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 155LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 164Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,097,185Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,765 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 116 | 65 | 74 |
| 2025 | 195 | 123 | 631 |
| 2024 | 151 | 120 | 1,334 |
| 2023 | 136 | 115 | 1,803 |
| 2022 | 209 | 140 | 3,600 |
| 2021 | 168 | 140 | 4,180 |
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
132 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 99 days – 178 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (91 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 149 days
- Sample
- 90 articles with submission and acceptance dates (313 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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 20%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 20%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 28 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 28 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 117 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 13 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 5,330 / EUR 4,480 / GBP 3,570 | — | — | |
| 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)
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- commentaryit: broad interest 1500 words / invited commentaries 1000 words No abstract required iv. Letter to the Editor Letters are bmain text ≤ 1,000 words
- letter to the editoriv. Letter to the Editor Letters are brief reports that can be preliminary, but may represent original observations that may have a substantial impact within th…Length not stated
- original articlei. Original Article We welcome high quality reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to knowledge. Word limi…Length not stated
- reviewiii. Review Reviews of the literature, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Word limit: 5000 words Abstract: UnstructuredLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
On initial submission, the submitting author will be prompted to provide the email address and country for all contributing authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potent…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Expects Data Sharing
Expects data sharing Model summary
Please review Wiley’s policy here. This journal expects and peer review data sharing.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Member of COPE Model summary
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read Wiley'sTop 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here.6. AUTHOR LICENSINGIf your paper is accepted, the author identified as the fo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review and Acceptance
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are reviewed by the Guest Editor. If papers submitted include the Guest Editor as co-author the Editor-in-Chief will review the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy Model summary
This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers. Immunology will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time.
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-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 0019-2805
- Electronic ISSN
- 1365-2567
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 179, Issue 2 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Immunology
What CAS zone is Immunology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Immunology is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Immunology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Immunology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.29; CiteScore 10.1, h-index 191.
How long does peer review take at Immunology?
Based on the dates recorded on 90 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 132 days (interquartile range 99–178 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 20% (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 Immunology based?
Of the 94 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 9 (about 10%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (31), United Kingdom (19) and Mainland China (9). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Immunology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Immunology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PMC, PubMed, Embase, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Immunology open access, and what is the APC?
Immunology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 5,330.
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: .