Journal profile · UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY
Journal of Renal Injury Prevention
ISSN 2345-2781 · Nickan Research Institute
Journal of Renal Injury Prevention: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; median 87 days to acceptance (31 articles, last 24 months); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Renal Injury Prevention is published by Nickan Research Institute 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 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes, Acute Kidney Injury Research and Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, together about 43.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Nephrology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Renal Injury Prevention (JRIP) is a quarterly peer-reviewed international journal devoted to the promotion of early diagnosis and prevention of renal diseases. It publishes in March, June, September and December of each year. It has pursued this aim through publishing editorials, original research articles, reviews, mini-reviews, commentaries, letters to the editor, hypothesis, case reports, epidemiology and prevention, news and views and renal biopsy teaching point. In this journal, particular emphasis is given to research, both experimental and clinical, aimed at protection/prevention of renal failure and modalities in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy. A further aim of this journal is to emphasize and strengthen the link between renal pathologists/nephropathologists and nephrologists. In addition, JRIP welcomes basic biomedical as well as pharmaceutical scientific research applied to clinical nephrology. Futuristic conceptual hypothesis that integrates various fields of acute kidney injury and renal tubular cell protection are encouraged to be submitted.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY
Editor-in-chief Azar BaradaranPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Chronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesMedicine15.9%
- Acute Kidney Injury ResearchMedicine15.2%
- Dialysis and Renal Disease ManagementMedicine12.6%
- Renal Diseases and GlomerulopathiesMedicine6.2%
- Parathyroid Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine4.7%
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and TreatmentsMedicine4.5%
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis TreatmentsMedicine4%
- Chemotherapy-induced organ toxicity mitigationMedicine3.9%
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 | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urology | Q4 | 97/123 | 21st |
| Nephrology | Q4 | 71/88 | 19th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.78OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 90.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 486 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 154 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 277 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | 269 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | 292 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | 340 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 341 |
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
87 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 66 days – 117 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 24 days (31 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 124 days
- Sample
- 31 articles with submission and acceptance dates (40 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".
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Article types accepted11, with length limits
- case reportA case presentation is a case study, referred to explain a patient’s history, which addresses a considerable new perception of a patient with an unusual and dis…Length not stated
- commentaryCommentary papers, which were published along with the article, address the important points of the article and may expand them.Length not stated
- editorialEditorial articles addressed a specific or a recent subject, relevant to the scope of the journal.Length not stated
- epidemiology and preventionThis part is devoted mostly to epidemiology and prevention of treatment in the area of kidney disease or related subjects which is mentioned in the aims and sco…Length not stated
- hypothesisThis type of paper is related to an opinion or a hypothesis on a subject in the area of treatment in kidney disease or related subjects which is mentioned in th…Length not stated
- letter-to-editorLetters are papers to expand the other published articles in the journal.Length not stated
- news and viewsNews and views are devoted mostly to recent findings of treatment in of kidney disease or related subjects which is mentioned in the aims and scope section, acc…Length not stated
- photo-clinicIn this section, an interesting photo in the field of kidney disease or related subjects which is mentioned in the aims and scope section, which is supported by…Length not stated
- research (original) articleResearch (Original) papers are a central study, which should describe noteworthy and original findings (up to ~8000 words, including tables, figures, and refere…Length not stated
- review articleal Articles should not be more than 25. Review Article A Review study (up to ~8000 words, including tables, figures, and references) is considered amain text ≤ 8,000 words
- systematic reviewSystematic Review papers are literature studies dedicated to a demand which verifies all high-quality published studies related to that demand.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship Publication and authorship
No submission fee. Model summary
All submitted manuscripts to the Journal of Renal Injury Prevention are subject to a strict peer-review process by at least two international reviewers and one local reviewer that are experts in the area of nephrology. The factors that are taken into account in the review are relevance, soundness, significance, originality, readability, and language. The possible decisions include acceptance, acce…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Accepted articles published under CC-BY 4.0 license. Model summary
In this journal, the accepted articles by peer review will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (2019).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open access under BOAI model; all content freely available without limitation period. Model summary
The Journal of Renal Injury Prevention follows the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) funding model by the following link; https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/ (2019).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review by at least two international and one local reviewer. Model summary
All submitted manuscripts to the Journal of Renal Injury Prevention are subject to a strict peer-review process by at least two international reviewers and one local reviewer that are experts in the area of nephrology.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
iThenticate plagiarism detection. Model summary
Journal of Renal Injury Prevention is committed on publishing only original materials (materials that neither have been published elsewhere nor are under review elsewhere). Journal of Renal Injury Prevention is powered by the iThenticate® software, a plagiarism detector software that detects the originality of content submitted before publication. If plagiarism is recognized, we act based on flowc…
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
- Nickan Research Institute
- ISSN
- 2345-2781
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Renal Injury Prevention
What CAS zone is Journal of Renal Injury Prevention in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Renal Injury Prevention is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Urology & Nephrology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Renal Injury Prevention?
Based on the dates recorded on 31 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 87 days (interquartile range 66–117 days). 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.
Which databases index Journal of Renal Injury Prevention?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Renal Injury Prevention is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Renal Injury Prevention open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Renal Injury Prevention is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .