Journal profile · Decision Sciences-Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Journal of Causal Inference
ISSN 2193-3677 · eISSN 2193-3685 · Walter de Gruyter · GERMANY
Journal of Causal Inference: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.15; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 86 weeks (community reports); 30 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Causal Inference is published by Walter de Gruyter 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 Advanced Causal Inference Techniques, Statistical Methods and Inference and Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference, together about 66.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistics and Probability. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Causal Inference publishes papers on theoretical and applied causal research across the range of academic disciplines that use quantitative tools to study causality.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Decision Sciences-Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Editor-in-chief Elias BareinboimPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Causal Inference TechniquesMathematics31.3%
- Statistical Methods and InferenceMathematics20%
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceMathematics15.2%
- Statistical Methods in Clinical TrialsMathematics8.1%
- Bayesian Modeling and Causal InferenceComputer Science8.1%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.7%
- Qualitative Comparative Analysis ResearchSocial Sciences1.5%
- Philosophy and History of ScienceArts and Humanities1.2%
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 | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 2 |
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 | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MathSciNetCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, Baidu, Naver, OCLC
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
- 2.15LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 83OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.61OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 278 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 27 | 7 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 53 |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | 82 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 256 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 198 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 210 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 4 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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 86 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 86 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 | EUR 1,050 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 1,050 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 1,050 | — | — |
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 websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Editorial Policies
Detailed information on Editorial Policy, Publication Ethics, Instructions for Authors etc. can be found in the Supplementary Materials section.
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
- Walter de Gruyter
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2193-3677
- Electronic ISSN
- 2193-3685
- 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 Journal of Causal Inference
What CAS zone is Journal of Causal Inference in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Causal Inference is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications / Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods. 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 Journal of Causal Inference?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.15; CiteScore 3.3, h-index 34.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Causal Inference?
Authors report an average review time of about 86 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.
Which databases index Journal of Causal Inference?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Causal Inference is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MathSciNet and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Causal Inference open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Causal Inference is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .