Journal profile · Acoustics-Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
JASA Express Letters
ISSN 2691-1191 · AIP PUBLISHING · UNITED STATES OF AMERICA · Monthly · Founded 2021
JASA Express Letters: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.5 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,200; median 84 days to acceptance (109 articles, last 24 months); 163 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JASA Express Letters is published by AIP PUBLISHING and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Underwater Acoustics Research and Speech and Audio Processing, together about 33.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
JASA Express Letters is a gold open-access journal devoted to the rapid and open dissemination of important new research results and technical discussion in all fields of acoustics. It serves physical scientists, life scientists, engineers, psychologists, physiologists, architects, musicians, and speech communication specialists who wish to quickly report the results of their acoustical research in letter-sized contributions.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Acoustics-Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Hong Kong, China 1, United Kingdom 1, Singapore 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hearing Loss and RehabilitationNeuroscience11.5%
- Underwater Acoustics ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences11.2%
- Speech and Audio ProcessingComputer Science10.6%
- Phonetics and Phonology ResearchPsychology8.1%
- Acoustic Wave Phenomena ResearchEngineering5.3%
- Noise Effects and ManagementHealth Professions5.1%
- Marine animal studies overviewEnvironmental Science4.2%
- Speech Recognition and SynthesisComputer Science3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Acoustics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Audiology & Speech-language Pathology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Acoustics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Audiology & Speech-language Pathology | Zone 4 |
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
Web of SciencePubMedPublisher website
Other: Crossref
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)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 80OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.64OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 146LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 161Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 904 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 141 | 141 | 24 |
| 2025 | 163 | 163 | 255 |
| 2024 | 137 | 137 | 446 |
| 2023 | 145 | 145 | 666 |
| 2022 | 151 | 151 | 1,041 |
| 2021 | 167 | 167 | 1,069 |
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
84 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 63 days – 107 days
- Acceptance to online
- —
- Submission to online
- —
- Sample
- 109 articles with submission and acceptance dates (307 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 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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 1,200 | Yes | CC BY | |
| LetPub | USD 1,200 | 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access Statement
Access Type: Gold Open Access JASA Express Letters is an open access journal. Articles published in JASA Express Letters are freely accessible, without restrictions, to the global public. Authors who publish in JASA Express Letters retain the copyright to their work under a Creative Commons license. Under this license, users are free to share and adapt the material in any format, provided appropri…
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
- AIP PUBLISHING
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2021
- ISSN
- 2691-1191
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 6, Issue 8 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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 JASA Express Letters
What CAS zone is JASA Express Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JASA Express Letters is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Acoustics / Audiology & Speech-language Pathology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of JASA Express Letters?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.6, h-index 18.
How long does peer review take at JASA Express Letters?
Based on the dates recorded on 109 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 84 days (interquartile range 63–107 days); authors report an average review time of about 15 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.
Where are the editorial board members of JASA Express Letters based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Hong Kong, China (1), United Kingdom (1) and Singapore (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index JASA Express Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JASA Express Letters is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is JASA Express Letters open access, and what is the APC?
JASA Express Letters is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,200.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, DOAJ, 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: .