Journal profile · Neurosciences
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON
ISSN 0022-3751 · eISSN 1469-7793 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND · Semimonthly · Founded 1878
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.5; hybrid open access; APC about USD 5,400; median 106 days to acceptance (129 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 734 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ion channel regulation and function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, together about 33.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Neurosciences
Editor-in-chief Kim E. BarrettPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United States 28, United Kingdom 13, Australia 5, Ireland 5, Mainland China 3 (74 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ion channel regulation and functionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.5%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchNeuroscience11.3%
- Neuroscience and Neural EngineeringNeuroscience7.6%
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleepNeuroscience5.7%
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasMedicine5.4%
- Muscle activation and electromyography studiesEngineering4.4%
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics researchNeuroscience4.2%
- Neural dynamics and brain functionNeuroscience4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Physiology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Physiology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Physiology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, 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
- 4.5LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 7.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 7.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 216LetPub ·
- h-index
- 485OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 30,116OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.56OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 58.48%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 475LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 675Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 2,935,206Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 46,336 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 569 | 414 | 361 |
| 2025 | 734 | 551 | 2,462 |
| 2024 | 625 | 476 | 4,050 |
| 2023 | 497 | 390 | 5,528 |
| 2022 | 493 | 298 | 6,705 |
| 2021 | 446 | 261 | 7,271 |
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
106 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 45 days – 170 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 24 days (129 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 139 days
- Sample
- 129 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,414 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 hardLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 45%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 45%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 104 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 23 daysPublisher 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 5,400 / EUR 4,490 / GBP 3,590 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semimonthly
- Founded
- 1878
- ISSN
- 0022-3751
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-7793
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 604, Issue 18 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON
What CAS zone is JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Physiology / Neurosciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.5; CiteScore 7.2, h-index 485.
How long does peer review take at JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON?
Based on the dates recorded on 129 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 106 days (interquartile range 45–170 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 45% (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.
Where are the editorial board members of JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON based?
Of the 74 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (28), United Kingdom (13) and Australia (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON open access, and what is the APC?
JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 5,400.
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: .