Journal profile · Medicine-Gastroenterology
Liver Research
ISSN 2542-5684 · KeAi Communications Co. · China
Liver Research: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.3 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 800; median 218 days to acceptance (59 articles, last 24 months); 42 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Liver Research is published by KeAi Communications Co. 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 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms and Liver physiology and pathology, together about 30.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Hepatology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Liver Research is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed English journal that publishes reviews, editorials, and original articles describing...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Gastroenterology
Editor-in-chief Guihua ChenPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 13 in mainland China (about 25%); most named United States 25, Mainland China 13, Hong Kong, China 4, South Korea 2, Italy 2 (52 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine18.5%
- Drug Transport and Resistance MechanismsMedicine6.1%
- Liver physiology and pathologyMedicine6%
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisMedicine5.5%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine5.5%
- Alcohol Consumption and Health EffectsMedicine4.9%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.8%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.8%
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 | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
Other: Crossref
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 (publisher)
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.83LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 136OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.54OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.97%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 363 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 24 | 9 |
| 2025 | 42 | 42 | 169 |
| 2024 | 35 | 35 | 281 |
| 2023 | 41 | 41 | 451 |
| 2022 | 43 | 43 | 314 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | 497 |
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
218 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 128 days – 294 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 5 days (60 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 225 days
- Sample
- 59 articles with submission and acceptance dates (63 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 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 800 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 800 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 800 | — | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted15, with length limits
- case reportContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research papers, reviews, editorials. Please ensure that you se…Length not stated
- commentComment Comments are meant to encourage post-publication discussion and are publication items that criticize or clarify articles of other authors recently publi…Length not stated
- conference reportContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research papers, reviews, editorials. Please ensure that you se…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- correspondenceCorrespondence articles generally take one of the following forms: A brief report of research findings adequate for the journal's scope and of particular intere…references ≤ 15
- editorialContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research papers, reviews, editorials. Please ensure that you se…Length not stated
- methods paperMethods Paper The methods paper section covers various reports describing novel methods or tools in the field of hepatology.Length not stated
- original researchContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research papers, reviews, editorials. Please ensure that you se…Length not stated
- original research paperContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research papers, reviews, editorials. Please ensure that you se…Length not stated
- original research papersOriginal research papers A complete report on original research and/or clinical studies A structured abstract is required.Length not stated
- perspectiveContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research papers, reviews, editorials. Please ensure that you se…Length not stated
- practice guidelinePractice Guideline Documents have been locally or internationally approved and contain general principles that may benefit others in their clinical practice or …Length not stated
- reviewContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research papers, reviews, editorials. Please ensure that you se…Length not stated
- review articleContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research papers, reviews, editorials. Please ensure that you se…Length not stated
- systematic reviewSystematic reviews should be reported in accordance PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) Guidelines (http://www.prisma-st…Length not stated
- systematic reviewsSystematic Reviews Systematic reviews should be reported in accordance PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) Guidelines (h…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Changes to authorship
This policy concerns the addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names in the authorship of accepted manuscripts: Before the accepted manuscript is published in an online issue: Requests to add or remove an author, or to rearrange the author names, must be sent to the Journal Manager from the corresponding author of the accepted manuscript and must include: (a) the reason the name should be…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places:…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Plagiarism screening via iThenticate CrossCheck Model summary
Submissions to KeAi journals are automatically screened using iThenticate's CrossCheck within the editorial system to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Model summary
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'License Agreement' (see more information on this). Permitted third party reuse of open access articles is determined by CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Open access publication Model summary
Every peer-reviewed research article appearing in this journal will be published open access. This means that the article is universally and freely accessible via the internet in perpetuity, in an easily readable format immediately after publication. To provide open access, this journal has an open access fee (also known as an Article Processing Charge, APC) which needs to be paid by the authors o…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
This journal operates a double-blind review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's dec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint sharing allowed 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 ·
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
- KeAi Communications Co.
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2542-5684
- Print ISSN
- 2096-2878
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- 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 Liver Research
What CAS zone is Liver Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Liver Research is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 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.
What is the impact factor of Liver Research?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 4.3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.5, h-index 40.
How long does peer review take at Liver Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 59 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 218 days (interquartile range 128–294 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 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 Liver Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Vancouver; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: 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 Liver Research based?
Of the 52 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 13 (about 25%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (25), Mainland China (13) and Hong Kong, China (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Liver Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Liver Research is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Liver Research open access, and what is the APC?
Liver Research is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 800.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .