Journal profile · Medicine-Nephrology
Kidney International Reports
ISSN 2468-0249 · Elsevier · UNITED STATES
Kidney International Reports: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 5.88; fully open access; APC about USD 3,100; median 76 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); 1,890 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Kidney International Reports is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies, Dialysis and Renal Disease Management and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes, together about 38.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Nephrology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Official Journal of the International Society of NephrologyKidney International Reports®, an official journal of the International Society of Nephrology, is a peer-reviewed, open access journal devoted to the publication of leading research and developments related to kidney disease. With the primary aim of contributing to improved care of patients with kidney disease, the journal publishes original clinical and select translational articles and educational content related to the pathogenesis, evaluation and management of acute and chronic kidney disease, end stage renal disease, transplantation, acid-base, fluid and electrolyte disturbances and hypertension. Of particular interest are submissions related to clinical trials, epidemiology, systematic reviews (including meta-analyses) and outcomes research. The journal also provides a platform for wider dissemination of national and regional guidelines as well as consensus meeting reports. Article categories include but are not limited to full length articles, research letters and case reports, as well as editorials, narrative reviews and commentaries on recent developments in the literature. While maintaining a rigorous peer review process, the journal uses innovative technology to provide authors novel means to share findings and data with readers in a timely manner.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Nephrology
Editor-in-chief Jai RadhakrishnanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 65, Australia 19, India 16, Canada 10, United Kingdom 3 (137 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Renal Diseases and GlomerulopathiesMedicine14.2%
- Dialysis and Renal Disease ManagementMedicine13.3%
- Chronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesMedicine10.6%
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and TreatmentsMedicine8%
- Acute Kidney Injury ResearchMedicine6%
- Renal and Vascular PathologiesMedicine4%
- Organ Donation and TransplantationMedicine3.5%
- Parathyroid Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine3.5%
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 | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PMCEmbasePublisher 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
- 5.88LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 6.2Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2023
- 6.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2023
- 7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.79LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 85OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,450OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 320LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 14,523 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3,240 | 3,240 | 136 |
| 2025 | 1,890 | 1,890 | 1,607 |
| 2024 | 1,861 | 1,861 | 3,853 |
| 2023 | 1,409 | 1,409 | 4,731 |
| 2022 | 1,586 | 1,586 | 6,207 |
| 2021 | 1,263 | 1,263 | 8,768 |
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
76 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 27 days – 139 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 8 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 87 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,150 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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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 3,100 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,800 / EUR 2,620 / GBP 2,240 / JPY 347,280 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,100 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 3,100 | — | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,000 words
- Not considered
- basic research; tex latex
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- editorialted for clarity by the editorial staff. Editorials (by invitation only) Word Limit: 1,600 words maximum including spaces. No abstract required. References:main text ≤ 1,600 words
- editorials (by invitation only)Word Limit: 1,600 words maximum including spaces.main text ≤ 1,600 words
- letterents discussed in the report.” Research Letters Short original research reports—approximately 1,200 words. Word limit: 1,200 words. No abstract required. Method…main text ≤ 1,200 words
- letters to the editorIn response to published original articles.Word limit: 350 words maximum, including spaces.No abstract required.References: 5 maximum. Additional references mus…main text ≤ 350 words
- original articleIncludes clinical and translational research. Original articles include prospective clinical trials, prospective/retrospective clinical cohorts, and observation…main text ≤ 4,000 words · abstract ≤ 250 words
- reviewBoth systematic and narrative Reviews—comprehensive analyses of specific topics in nephrology.Word range: 3,000–5,000 words, including spaces and abstract but e…main text ≤ 5,000 words · abstract ≤ 250 words
- reviewsBoth systematic and narrative Reviews—comprehensive analyses of specific topics in nephrology.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Elsevier recognizes the potential of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI Tools”), when used responsibly, to help researchers work efficiently, gain critical insights fast and achieve better outcomes. Increasingly, these tools, including AI agents and deep research tools, are…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
Requirements for all categories of articles should conform to the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals," developed by the ICMJE (https://www.icmje.org/).Each author must have contributed sufficiently to the intellectual content of the submission. The corresponding author should list all authors and their contributions to the work. The corresponding author must con…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosure/Conflict of Interest
For original articles, research letters, regional reports, nephrology rounds, meeting reports, guidelines, and reviews, the submitting author must include a disclosure statement in the body of the manuscript. The statement will describe all of the authors' relationships with companies that may have a financial interest in the information contained in the manuscript. This information should be prov…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data sharing policy
Data sharing is required, endorsing FAIR principles. Model summary
KI Reports endorses the FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and re-usable) Data Principles as a framework to promote the broadest reuse of research data. Our journal requires and enables you to share data that supports your research publication and enables you to interlink the data with your published articles. Research data refers to the results of observations or experimentation that valid…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
KI Reports is an open access journal: all published articles will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. To provide open access, KI Reports has an open access fee (also known as an article publishing charge, or APC), which needs to be paid by the authors or on their behalf such as by their research funder or institution. We refer you to our open access information p…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
This journal operates a single, anonymized review process. All contributions are initially assessed by the Editor for suitability in the journal. Submissions deemed suitable are then typically sent to two independent expert reviewers to aid in the assessment of the article’s scientific quality. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for all decisions regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprints can be shared anywhere at any time and do not count as prior publication. Model summary
Please note that preprints can be shared anywhere at any time, in line with Elsevier's sharing policy. Sharing your preprints e.g. on a preprint server will not count as prior publication (see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' for more information).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting Guidelines
Clinical trials must be registered in a public registry prior to submission. Model summary
KI Reports aims to support authors provide complete, accurate, and transparent reporting of their findings. Authors submitting articles to KI Reports should refer to the Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research(EQUATOR) Network website (http://www.equator-network.org/), which provides a central repository of reporting guidelines and other resources to assist authors. Authors of th…
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
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2468-0249
- Society / sponsor
- International Society of Nephrology
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Kidney International Reports
What CAS zone is Kidney International Reports in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Kidney International Reports is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Urology & Nephrology; it is a Top journal. 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 Kidney International Reports?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.88; CiteScore 7, h-index 85.
How long does peer review take at Kidney International Reports?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 76 days (interquartile range 27–139 days); authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. 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 Kidney International Reports?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,000 words. 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 Kidney International Reports based?
Of the 137 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (65), Australia (19) and India (16). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Kidney International Reports?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Kidney International Reports is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PMC and Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Kidney International Reports open access, and what is the APC?
Kidney International Reports is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,100.
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: .