Journal profile · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Cell Biology
Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
ISSN 2001-3078 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · Sweden
Journal of Extracellular Vesicles: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 21.44; fully open access; APC about USD 4,850; median 213 days to acceptance (92 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 15% (journal website); 203 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Extracellular Vesicles is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). 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 63.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Extracellular Vesicles is dedicated to advancing the field of extracellular vesicles (EVs) including foundational biology, cutting-edge technologies and translational applications. We aim to shape the EV field and propel it forward for the benefit of science and society. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles is an official journal of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles. Our editorial board aims to bring together leading experts from academia, industry, and regulatory bodies to foster scientific excellence, innovation, and reproducibility in EV research. We welcome contributions that deepen our understanding of EV biology and promote the practical application of this knowledge. We are particularly interested in submissions in the following areas: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of EV Biogenesis and Signaling (all organisms) EVs in Health and Development (all organisms) EVs in Disease Mechanisms and Pathology (all organisms) EVs in inter-organism interactions EV-related technologies, methods, and models (all organisms) (including single vesicles techniques) EVs as Biomarkers and Clinical Indicators (all organisms) Therapeutic Applications of EVs (including bioengineering and synthetic biology) (all organisms) Translational Medicine, Clinical Trials and Regulatory Science In silico studies and applications for EV Biology (including bioinformatics and AI) EV characterisation studies, including omics which elucidate EV biology. Emerging Topics and Interdisciplinary Frontiers, including controversial or paradigm-challenging findings Education, Collaboration and Communication Initiatives that advance the field and promote reproducibility. The journal accepts original research papers, review articles, short communications, technical reports, position papers, editorials, and letters to the Editor. Supplementary material in the form of large datasets, protocols, videos etc. is encouraged. The journal operates a single-blind peer review policy. All articles will be made freely and permanently available online through gold open access publication. Indexing Information: CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service (ACS) Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Embase (Elsevier) MEDLINE/PubMed (NLM) Open Access Journal Index – OAJ (NSLC & CEPIEC) Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Journal of Extracellular Vesicles deposits all articles in PMC (PubMed Central)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Cell Biology
Editor-in-chief Jennifer JonesPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 5 in mainland China (about 6%); most named United States 24, Italy 8, Mainland China 5, Germany 5, United Kingdom 3 (77 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 Biology44.1%
- MicroRNA in disease regulationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.5%
- RNA Interference and Gene DeliveryBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.1%
- Cell Adhesion Molecules ResearchMedicine4.7%
- Nanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsEngineering3.3%
- Circular RNAs in diseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.2%
- interferon and immune responsesImmunology and Microbiology2.4%
- Bacterial Infections and VaccinesImmunology and Microbiology2.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPMCEmbaseCASPublisher 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
- 21.44LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 21.7Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 21.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 24.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 24.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 24.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.64LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 174OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 911OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 20.84OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 170LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 178Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,334,511Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,385 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 166 | 166 | 194 |
| 2025 | 203 | 203 | 2,083 |
| 2024 | 165 | 165 | 8,852 |
| 2023 | 117 | 117 | 4,722 |
| 2022 | 129 | 129 | 8,377 |
| 2021 | 130 | 130 | 12,635 |
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
213 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 160 days – 253 days
- Acceptance to online
- —
- Submission to online
- —
- Sample
- 92 articles with submission and acceptance dates (370 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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 15%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 15%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 192 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 29 daysPublisher website ·
- 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 4,850 / GBP 3,760 / EUR 4,370 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 4,410 / EUR 3,970 / GBP 3,420 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 4,200 / GBP 3,260 / EUR 3,780 | 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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted8
- editorialsOriginal Research articles; Review articles; Short communications; ISEV Position Papers; Perspectives papers; Technical reports; Editorials; Letters-to-the-Edit…Length not stated
- isev position papersOriginal Research articles; Review articles; Short communications; ISEV Position Papers; Perspectives papers; Technical reports; Editorials; Letters-to-the-Edit…Length not stated
- letters-to-the-editorOriginal Research articles; Review articles; Short communications; ISEV Position Papers; Perspectives papers; Technical reports; Editorials; Letters-to-the-Edit…Length not stated
- original research articlesOriginal Research articles; Review articles; Short communications; ISEV Position Papers; Perspectives papers; Technical reports; Editorials; Letters-to-the-Edit…Length not stated
- perspectives papersOriginal Research articles; Review articles; Short communications; ISEV Position Papers; Perspectives papers; Technical reports; Editorials; Letters-to-the-Edit…Length not stated
- review articlesOriginal Research articles; Review articles; Short communications; ISEV Position Papers; Perspectives papers; Technical reports; Editorials; Letters-to-the-Edit…Length not stated
- short communicationsOriginal Research articles; Review articles; Short communications; ISEV Position Papers; Perspectives papers; Technical reports; Editorials; Letters-to-the-Edit…Length not stated
- technical reportsOriginal Research articles; Review articles; Short communications; ISEV Position Papers; Perspectives papers; Technical reports; Editorials; Letters-to-the-Edit…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review, Preprints
- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
In the interests of candor and to help readers to detect potential bias, JEV now 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 poten…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing
Data sharing expected in public repository Model summary
JEV 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 they ha…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
COPE member Model summary
JEV is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here. Read Wiley’s Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC-BY/CC-BY-ND/CC-BY-NC/CC-BY-NC-ND license Model summary
This journal uses the CC-BY/CC-BY-ND/CC-BY-NC/CC-BY-NC-ND Creative Commons License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review and Ethics
Single-blind peer review model Model summary
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to Journal of Extracellular Vesicles 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 requiremen…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Preprints on non-commercial servers considered Model summary
JEV 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-commercial 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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- Sweden
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2001-3078
- Society / sponsor
- International Society for Extracellular Vesicles
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- 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 Vesicles
What CAS zone is Journal of Extracellular Vesicles in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Cell Biology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Extracellular Vesicles?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 21.44; CiteScore 24.6, h-index 174.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Extracellular Vesicles?
Based on the dates recorded on 92 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 213 days (interquartile range 160–253 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 15% (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 Vesicles?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 200 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not 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 Vesicles based?
Of the 77 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 5 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (24), Italy (8) and Mainland China (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Extracellular Vesicles?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PMC, Embase and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Extracellular Vesicles open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Extracellular Vesicles is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 4,850.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .