Journal profile · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Cell Biology
Journal of Extracellular Biology
ISSN 2768-2811 · Wiley · United States
Journal of Extracellular Biology: impact factor 4.8 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 3,340; median 147 days to acceptance (94 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 64% (journal website); 91 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Extracellular Biology is published by Wiley. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Extracellular vesicles in disease, MicroRNA in disease regulation and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, together about 62.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) are now established as key players in intercellular communication and other biological functions. It is, however, increasingly appreciated that other Extracellular Particles (EPs), many of which interact with and co-fractionate with EVs, also contribute to biological activities. The overarching vision of the Journal of Extracellular Biology (JEX) is to provide a broader forum to discuss EVs and their EP cousins from biogenesis to interactions with each other and with other extracellular macromolecules (including but not limited to RNA, lipoproteins and protein complexes), interactions with extracellular matrix, and their effects on recipient cells and organs. JEX will promote interdisciplinary studies that investigate the function of EVs and EPs in pathology, normal physiology, inter-organ and inter-organism communication; the role of their cargo as biomarkers and therapeutics; new technologies and methods to engineer EVs and EPs and their synthetic mimics. EX will publish research on EVs, other EPs, and related biology and applications, and cover research in the following areas: All types of EVs, including exosomes, microvesicles, ectosomes, and others Other EPs released by cells, such as exomeres, RNA, lipoproteins (LDL, HDL, chylomicrons, etc.) and protein complexes (e.g., ribonucleoproteins, nucleosomes), which may interact with EVs and EPs, and may be involved in intercellular communication and biological functions Engineered EVs and EPs and their synthetic mimics EV and EP biology, biogenesis, diagnostics, therapeutics, methodology, technology, and engineering Pathologies, physiologies, inter-organ and inter-organism communication Resource development, databases, analytical software, reagents, models, and other tools Technical papers, negative results, confirmatory or contradictory results/studies The journal’s scope will evolve as the field evolves and will be of interest to researchers in cell and molecular biology, molecular genetics, biotechnology, immunology, endocrinology, oncology, microbiology, medical and pharmaceutical science, and others.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Cell Biology
Editor-in-chief Andrew HillPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 13, Italy 4, Japan 3, South Korea 3, Australia 3 (46 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Extracellular vesicles in diseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.4%
- MicroRNA in disease regulationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.7%
- RNA Interference and Gene DeliveryBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4%
- Nanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsEngineering4%
- Cell Adhesion Molecules ResearchMedicine2.7%
- Bacterial Infections and VaccinesImmunology and Microbiology2.4%
- interferon and immune responsesImmunology and Microbiology2.4%
- Circular RNAs in diseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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 SciencePMCCASPublisher website
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)
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 97OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.4OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 71LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 72Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 200,334Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 389 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 95 | 95 | 50 |
| 2025 | 91 | 91 | 378 |
| 2024 | 82 | 82 | 751 |
| 2023 | 68 | 68 | 810 |
| 2022 | 53 | 53 | 1,330 |
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
147 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 115 days – 184 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 32 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 184 days
- Sample
- 94 articles with submission and acceptance dates (179 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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 64%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 64%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 40 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 40 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 149 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 35 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 3,340 / GBP 2,530 / EUR 2,850 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,260 / EUR 2,780 / GBP 2,470 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 3,100 / GBP 2,350 / EUR 2,650 | Yes | — | |
| 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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
Article types accepted13
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
In the interests of candor and to help readers to detect potential bias, J Ex Bio requires authors of original research papers to declare any competing interests in relation to papers accepted for publication. Please submit one statement on behalf of all authors. Competing interests are defined as those that, through their potential influences on behavior or content or from perception of such pote…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing
J Ex Bio expects that data supporting the results in the paper will be archived in an appropriate public repository. Authors are required to provide a data availability statement to describe the availability or the absence of shared data. When data have been shared, authors are required to include in their data availability statement a link to the repository they have used, and to cite the data th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Guidelines on Publication Ethics
J Ex Bio is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The journal requires that you include in the manuscript details IRB approvals, ethical treatment of human and animal research participants, and gathering of informed consent, as appropriate. You will be expected to declare all conflicts of interest, or none, on submission. Please review Wiley’s policies surrounding human studies, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Open Access Licensing and Copyright
Journal of Extracellular Biology is an Open Access journal: authors of accepted papers pay an Article Publication Charge and their papers are published under a Creative Commons license. This journal uses the CC-BY, CC-BY-NC and CC-BY-NC-ND Creative Commons License. Note that certain funders mandate a particular type of CC license be used. Use the Author Compliance Tool to get additional informatio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Licensing and Copyright
Journal of Extracellular Biology is an Open Access journal: authors of accepted papers pay an Article Publication Charge and their papers are published under a Creative Commons license. This journal uses the CC-BY, CC-BY-NC and CC-BY-NC-ND Creative Commons License. Note that certain funders mandate a particular type of CC license be used. Use the Author Compliance Tool to get additional informatio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review and Ethics
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to Journal of Extracellular Biology readership and to the field of extracellular vesicles. This journal operates under a single-blind peer review model. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirement…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
J Ex Bio will consider for review articles previously available as preprints on non-commercial servers such as ArXiv, bioRxiv, psyArXiv, SocArXiv, engrXiv, etc. Authors may also post the submitted version of their manuscript to non-commericial servers at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication version with a link to the final published article.
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
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2768-2811
- Society / sponsor
- International Society for Extracellular Vesicles
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 5, Issue 9 (September 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 Journal of Extracellular Biology
What is the impact factor of Journal of Extracellular Biology?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 4.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 7, h-index 27.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Extracellular Biology?
Based on the dates recorded on 94 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 147 days (interquartile range 115–184 days); authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 64% (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 are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Extracellular Biology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Graphical abstract: 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Extracellular Biology based?
Of the 46 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (13), Italy (4) and Japan (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Extracellular Biology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Extracellular Biology is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Extracellular Biology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Extracellular Biology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,340.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .