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Journal of Huntingtons Disease
ISSN 1879-6397 · eISSN 1879-6400 · SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press)
Journal of Huntingtons Disease: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.7 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; 49 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Huntingtons Disease 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 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research and Neurological disorders and treatments, together about 62.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Neurology and Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Huntington's Disease is an international multidisciplinary journal to facilitate progress in understanding the genetics, molecular correlates, pathogenesis, pharmacology, diagnosis and treatment of Huntington's disease and related disorders. View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): NEUROSCIENCES
Editor-in-chief Blair LeavittPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United States 60, United Kingdom 8, Germany 5, Canada 5, France 3 (95 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Genetic Neurodegenerative DiseasesNeuroscience41.5%
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ResearchMedicine12.8%
- Neurological disorders and treatmentsMedicine8.3%
- Mitochondrial Function and PathologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.2%
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ResearchMedicine7%
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsMedicine5.4%
- Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchMedicine1.8%
- Muscle Physiology and DisordersBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.8%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedPublisher 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)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 285OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 22.22%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 617 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42 | 15 | 2 |
| 2025 | 49 | 26 | 156 |
| 2024 | 56 | 38 | 292 |
| 2023 | 38 | 32 | 329 |
| 2022 | 40 | 25 | 401 |
| 2021 | 41 | 27 | 990 |
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
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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
- ≤ 4,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
Article types accepted14, with length limits
- book reviewOrganization and style of presentation Manuscripts must be written in US English. Authors whose native language is not English are recommended to seek the advic…Length not stated
- book reviewsBook reviews should be 750 wordLength not stated
- commentary/case history in HD. Authors can submit commentaries or case reports of 1000 words or less for possible inclusion in the JHD. It is recommendemain text ≤ 1,000 words
- hypothesesA hypothesis article should be a balanced and insightful consideration of a topic with novel hypotheses well presented and supported.Length not stated
- hypothesisOrganization and style of presentation Manuscripts must be written in US English. Authors whose native language is not English are recommended to seek the advic…Length not stated
- letterOrganization and style of presentation Manuscripts must be written in US English. Authors whose native language is not English are recommended to seek the advic…Length not stated
- opinionnity. Each author will generate a short opinion piece which will have a maximum of 1000 to 2000 words (with one figure and max 15 references) to make the basic …main text ≤ 2,000 words
- research articleOrganization and style of presentation Manuscripts must be written in US English. Authors whose native language is not English are recommended to seek the advic…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- research reportOrganization and style of presentation Manuscripts must be written in US English. Authors whose native language is not English are recommended to seek the advic…Length not stated
- reviewOrganization and style of presentation Manuscripts must be written in US English. Authors whose native language is not English are recommended to seek the advic…Length not stated
- review articleOrganization and style of presentation Manuscripts must be written in US English. Authors whose native language is not English are recommended to seek the advic…Length not stated
- review articlesReviews should be authoritative and topical and provide comprehensive and balanced coverage of a timely and/or controversial issue.Length not stated
- short communicationOrganization and style of presentation Manuscripts must be written in US English. Authors whose native language is not English are recommended to seek the advic…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- short communicationsA short communication is an article of original scholarship of unusual interest of less than 1500 words (not including references).Length 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
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
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
COPE member. Model summary
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. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. If you wish to have color figures in the printed version, the following fees apply: £300 / US$400 for the first figure, £100 / US$150 for each additional figure. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Cho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
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
Preprints accepted. Model summary
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)
- ISSN
- 1879-6397
- Electronic ISSN
- 1879-6400
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Huntingtons Disease
What CAS zone is Journal of Huntingtons Disease in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Huntingtons Disease is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Neurosciences. 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 Huntingtons Disease?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.7; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 51.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Huntingtons Disease?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: 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 Huntingtons Disease based?
Of the 95 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (60), United Kingdom (8) and Germany (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Huntingtons Disease?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Huntingtons Disease is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Huntingtons Disease open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Huntingtons Disease is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .