Journal profile · UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY
Kidney Research and Clinical Practice
ISSN 2211-9132 · eISSN 2211-9140 · KOREAN SOC NEPHROLOGY · UNITED STATES
Kidney Research and Clinical Practice: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.27; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 106 days to acceptance (69 articles, last 24 months); 129 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Kidney Research and Clinical Practice is published by KOREAN SOC NEPHROLOGY and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes and Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies, together about 33.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Nephrology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY
Editor-in-chief Tae-Hyun YooPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named South Korea 44, United States 2, Japan 2, Hong Kong, China 1 (49 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Dialysis and Renal Disease ManagementMedicine15.4%
- Chronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesMedicine9.4%
- Renal Diseases and GlomerulopathiesMedicine9.1%
- Acute Kidney Injury ResearchMedicine5.8%
- Parathyroid Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine5%
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences4.2%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences4.2%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview 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: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 3.27LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 400OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.51%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 78LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,084 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 95 | 95 | 12 |
| 2025 | 129 | 129 | 209 |
| 2024 | 135 | 135 | 553 |
| 2023 | 107 | 107 | 821 |
| 2022 | 80 | 80 | 1,110 |
| 2021 | 90 | 90 | 1,356 |
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 38 days – 164 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 80 days (69 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 211 days
- Sample
- 69 articles with submission and acceptance dates (335 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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | Yes | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | Yes | — |
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
- KOREAN SOC NEPHROLOGY
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English, Korean
- ISSN
- 2211-9132
- Electronic ISSN
- 2211-9140
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 45 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Kidney Research and Clinical Practice
What CAS zone is Kidney Research and Clinical Practice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Kidney Research and Clinical Practice is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Urology & Nephrology. 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 Research and Clinical Practice?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.27; CiteScore 5.9, h-index 48.
How long does peer review take at Kidney Research and Clinical Practice?
Based on the dates recorded on 69 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 106 days (interquartile range 38–164 days); authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Kidney Research and Clinical Practice based?
Of the 49 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Korea (44), United States (2) and Japan (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Kidney Research and Clinical Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Kidney Research and Clinical Practice is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Kidney Research and Clinical Practice open access, and what is the APC?
Kidney Research and Clinical Practice is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .