Journal profile · NEUROSCIENCES
Journal of Alzheimers Disease Reports
ISSN 2542-4823 · SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press) · Netherlands
Journal of Alzheimers Disease Reports: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.1 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,800; median 100 days to acceptance (100 articles, last 24 months); 182 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Alzheimers Disease Reports is published by SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press) 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 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, together about 59.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Neurology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports is an open access international multidisciplinary journal to facilitate progress in understanding the etiology, pathogenesis, epidemiology, genetics, behavior, treatment, and psychology of …
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): NEUROSCIENCES
Editor-in-chief George PerryPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchMedicine31%
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsMedicine25.6%
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeuroscience3.2%
- Neurological Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsNeuroscience3.1%
- Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesNeuroscience3%
- Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative DiseasesMedicine2.6%
- Cancer-related cognitive impairment studiesMedicine2.3%
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ResearchMedicine2.2%
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 | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | 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
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)
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.83LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 221OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.08%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 175LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 817 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 121 | 121 | 26 |
| 2025 | 182 | 182 | 362 |
| 2024 | 143 | 143 | 783 |
| 2023 | 100 | 100 | 1,257 |
| 2022 | 66 | 66 | 1,054 |
| 2021 | 80 | 80 | 1,375 |
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
100 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 73 days – 132 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 132 days
- Sample
- 100 articles with submission and acceptance dates (256 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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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 2,800 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | USD 2,150 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 3,200 | — | — |
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 prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted13, with length limits
- case reportations as required for all submissions. Case Reports A case report is typically less than 2000 words (Introduction through Conclusion) and should include: Unstrmain text ≤ 2,000 words
- commentarya Research Article should be included. Commentaries Commentaries are usually commissioned and of around 1000 words with a short, unstructured abstract (100 word…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- editorialare commenting on (even if "in press"). Editorials Editorials are usually around 1000 words with a short abstract (100 words or less) and no other subdmain text ≤ 1,000 words
- hypothesisResearch Articles Organization and style of presentation ⦁ Manuscripts must be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English are advised to c…Length not stated
- meta-analysisResearch Articles Organization and style of presentation ⦁ Manuscripts must be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English are advised to c…Length not stated
- research articleResearch Articles Organization and style of presentation ⦁ Manuscripts must be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English are advised to c…main text ≤ 10,000 words
- research articlesArticle types Research ArticlesLength not stated
- reviewResearch Articles Organization and style of presentation ⦁ Manuscripts must be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English are advised to c…main text ≤ 10,000 words
- review articleResearch Articles Organization and style of presentation ⦁ Manuscripts must be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English are advised to c…Length not stated
- reviewsReviews Reviews (narrative) should be authoritative and topical and provide comprehensive and balanced coverage of a timely and/or controversial issue.Length not stated
- short communicationsupplemental material for review only. Short Communications A short communication is an article of original scholarship of unusual interest of less than 2000 wo…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- systematic reviewResearch Articles Organization and style of presentation ⦁ Manuscripts must be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English are advised to c…Length not stated
- systematic reviews/meta-analysesSystematic reviews/Meta-analyses These types of articles that include a methods section should be formatted as a Research articleLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review and publication process, this journal has adopted CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy). CRediT is a high-level taxonomy, including 14 roles, which is used to describe each author’s individual contributions to the work. You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. You can find information on what to say in your ethical statements as well as example statements on our Publication ethics and research integrity policies page. All papers r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Online-only journal Model summary
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable to cover the cost of publishing…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal endorses the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment. However, consistent with the AllTrials campaign, retrospectively registered trials will be considered if the justification for late registration is acceptable. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be …
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
- SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press)
- Country or region
- Netherlands
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2542-4823
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- 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 Journal of Alzheimers Disease Reports
What CAS zone is Journal of Alzheimers Disease Reports in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Alzheimers Disease Reports is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Neurosciences. 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 Journal of Alzheimers Disease Reports?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 42.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Alzheimers Disease Reports?
Based on the dates recorded on 100 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 100 days (interquartile range 73–132 days); authors report an average review time of about 8 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 Journal of Alzheimers Disease Reports?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Cover letter: 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.
Which databases index Journal of Alzheimers Disease Reports?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Alzheimers Disease Reports is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Alzheimers Disease Reports open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Alzheimers Disease Reports is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,800.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .