Journal profile · Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Lifetime Data Analysis
ISSN 1380-7870 · eISSN 1572-9249 · Springer US · NETHERLANDS · Quarterly · Founded 1995
Lifetime Data Analysis: CAS Zone 4 · Mathematics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.42; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,090; median 220 days to acceptance (83 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 37 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Lifetime Data Analysis is published by Springer US and is in Zone 4 of Mathematics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Statistical Methods and Inference, Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference and Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications, together about 56.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistics and Probability. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The objective of Lifetime Data Analysis is to advance and promote statistical science in the various applied fields that deal with lifetime data, including: Actuarial Science Economics Engineering Sciences Environmental Sciences Management Science Medicine Operations Research Public Health Social and Behavioral Sciences.The following listing of some current topics of interest to the journal is not intended to be exclusive but to indicate the editorial policy of attracting papers generated by a broad range of interests:accelerated failure time models Bayesian lifetime models censoring and truncation classes of lifetime distributions competing risk models counting processes for lifetime data degradation processes goodness-of-fit maintenance policies and replacement models measurement errors meta-analysis of lifetime data models for multiple events models for noncompliance multivariate failure models multi-state models nonparametric estimation of survival functions parametric estimation and predictive inference parametric regression models proportional hazard models and extensions quality-of-life models rank tests for comparing lifetime distributions reliability methods residual analysis and model diagnostics surrogate marker processes and joint modeling of these processes with lifetime data.Officially cited as: Lifetime Data Anal
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Editor-in-chief Mei-Ling TingPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 6%); most named United States 30, Canada 4, Mainland China 3, Denmark 3, Norway 3 (54 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Statistical Methods and InferenceMathematics28%
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceMathematics18.9%
- Statistical Distribution Estimation and ApplicationsMathematics9.4%
- Advanced Causal Inference TechniquesMathematics8.4%
- Statistical Methods in Clinical TrialsMathematics7.3%
- Bayesian Methods and Mixture ModelsComputer Science5.5%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.7%
- Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk ManagementSocial Sciences3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Mathematics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Mathematics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Mathematics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEINSPECCAB AbstractszbMATHPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, RePEc
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
- 1.42LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 67OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 453OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.82OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.47%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 37LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 99,200Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 996 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46 | 25 | 8 |
| 2025 | 37 | 14 | 20 |
| 2024 | 29 | 12 | 64 |
| 2023 | 32 | 19 | 142 |
| 2022 | 42 | 18 | 209 |
| 2021 | 29 | 13 | 217 |
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
220 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 179 days – 289 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 29 days (83 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 261 days
- Sample
- 83 articles with submission and acceptance dates (91 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 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 3,090 / EUR 2,490 / GBP 2,190 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- APA
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Generative AI Images
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The journal encourages authors to provide a statement of Data availability in their article. Data availability statements should include information on where data supporting the results reported in the article can be found, including, where applicable, hyperlinks to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Data availability statements can also indicate whether data are av…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Lifetime Data Analysis, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
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
- Springer US
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1995
- ISSN
- 1380-7870
- Electronic ISSN
- 1572-9249
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Lifetime Data Analysis
What CAS zone is Lifetime Data Analysis in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Lifetime Data Analysis is in Zone 4 of Mathematics, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Statistics & Probability / Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Mathematics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Lifetime Data Analysis?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.42; CiteScore 2, h-index 67.
How long does peer review take at Lifetime Data Analysis?
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 220 days (interquartile range 179–289 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Lifetime Data Analysis?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: APA; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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 Lifetime Data Analysis based?
Of the 54 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (30), Canada (4) and Mainland China (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Lifetime Data Analysis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Lifetime Data Analysis is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, INSPEC, CAB Abstracts and zbMATH; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Lifetime Data Analysis open access, and what is the APC?
Lifetime Data Analysis is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,090.
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: .