Journal profile · Chemistry, Analytical
Journal of Peptide Science
ISSN 1075-2617 · eISSN 1099-1387 · John Wiley and Sons Ltd · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 1995
Journal of Peptide Science: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.59; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,030; median 59 days to acceptance (83 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 97 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Peptide Science is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd and is in Zone 4 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities and Click Chemistry and Applications, together about 39% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The official Journal of the European Peptide Society EPS The Journal of Peptide Science is a cooperative venture of John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and the European Peptide Society, undertaken for the advancement of international peptide science by the publication of original research results and reviews. The Journal of Peptide Science publishes the following article types: Research Articles, Rapid Communications, Reviews, Protocols, Historical Essays, and Highlights. The scope of the Journal embraces the whole range of peptide chemistry and biology: the isolation, characterisation, synthesis properties (chemical, physical, conformational, pharmacological, endocrine and immunological) and applications of natural peptides; studies of their analogues, including peptidomimetics; peptide antibiotics and other peptide-derived complex natural products; peptide and peptide-related drug design and development; peptide materials and nanomaterials science; combinatorial peptide research; the chemical synthesis of proteins; and methodological advances in all these areas. The spectrum of interests is well illustrated by the published proceedings of the regular international Symposia of the European, American, Japanese, Australian, Chinese and Indian Peptide Societies. The Journal of Peptide Science publishes the bi-annual EPS Newsletter and sponsors the EPS Website http://www.eurpepsoc.com
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Analytical
Editor-in-chief Paolo RoveroPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Chemical Synthesis and AnalysisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.6%
- Antimicrobial Peptides and ActivitiesImmunology and Microbiology10.3%
- Click Chemistry and ApplicationsChemistry6.1%
- Biochemical and Structural CharacterizationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6%
- Peptidase Inhibition and AnalysisMedicine5.4%
- Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchMedicine4.3%
- Carbohydrate Chemistry and SynthesisChemistry3.7%
- Neuropeptides and Animal PhysiologyNeuroscience3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedINSPECEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- 2.59LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60LetPub ·
- h-index
- 83OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,440OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 45.45%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 66LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,023Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 72Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 247,307Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,524 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 69 | 37 | 19 |
| 2025 | 97 | 64 | 338 |
| 2024 | 108 | 77 | 508 |
| 2023 | 100 | 68 | 420 |
| 2022 | 101 | 47 | 359 |
| 2021 | 108 | 39 | 923 |
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
59 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 42 days – 96 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (83 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 78 days
- Sample
- 83 articles with submission and acceptance dates (157 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 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 41%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 41%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 65 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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 4,030 / EUR 3,350 / GBP 2,670 | — | — | |
| 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.
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
- ≤ 250 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
Article types accepted6
- highlightsJournal of Peptide Science publishes Obituary, Reviews, Rapid Communications, Research Articles, Protocols, and Highlights.Length not stated
- obituaryJournal of Peptide Science publishes Obituary, Reviews, Rapid Communications, Research Articles, Protocols, and Highlights.Length not stated
- protocolsThe Journal of Peptide Science publishes five types of articles: Research Articles, Rapid Communications, Reviews, and Protocols.Length not stated
- rapid communicationsThe Journal of Peptide Science publishes five types of articles: Research Articles, Rapid Communications, Reviews, and Protocols.Length not stated
- research articlesThe Journal of Peptide Science publishes five types of articles: Research Articles, Rapid Communications, Reviews, and Protocols.Length not stated
- reviewsThe Journal of Peptide Science publishes five types of articles: Research Articles, Rapid Communications, Reviews, and Protocols.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Preprints
- License & copyright Copyright and Permissions
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper. For authors signing the copyright transfer agreementIf the OnlineOpen option is not selecte…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Hybrid Open Access
This journal offers authors an open access option called hybrid open access, to have their article immediately freely available to everyone, including those who don’t subscribe. To cover the cost of publishing hybrid open access, authors pay an article publication charge (APC). For more information on this journal’s APCs, please see the Open Access page.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint policy
Preprint policy: preprint submissions accepted; authors may post submitted version to preprint server. Model summary
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here. The Journal of Peptide Science will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions 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
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1995
- ISSN
- 1075-2617
- Electronic ISSN
- 1099-1387
- Society / sponsor
- European Peptide Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 32, Issue 11 (November 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Peptide Science
What CAS zone is Journal of Peptide Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Peptide Science is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Biochemistry & Molecular Biology / Chemistry, Analytical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Peptide Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.59; CiteScore 3.8, h-index 83.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Peptide Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 83 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 59 days (interquartile range 42–96 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 41% (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 Peptide Science?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; 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.
Which databases index Journal of Peptide Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Peptide Science is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, INSPEC, Embase, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Peptide Science open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Peptide Science is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,030.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .