Journal profile · Surgery
Liver Transplantation
ISSN 1527-6465 · eISSN 1527-6473 · John Wiley and Sons Ltd · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 2000
Liver Transplantation: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.66; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,150; review 3–8 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: hard; 270 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Liver Transplantation is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, Liver Disease and Transplantation and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, together about 60.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Hepatology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Since the first application of liver transplantation in a clinical situation was reported more than twenty years ago, there has been a great deal of growth in this field and more is anticipated. As an official publication of the AASLD, Liver Transplantation delivers current, peer-reviewed articles on liver transplantation, liver surgery, and chronic liver disease — the information necessary to keep abreast of this evolving specialty.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Surgery
Editor-in-chief Andrés CárdenasPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesMedicine24.6%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine24.5%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine11.5%
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and TreatmentsMedicine6.2%
- Organ Donation and TransplantationMedicine4.4%
- Hepatitis C virus researchMedicine3.8%
- Transplantation: Methods and OutcomesMedicine3.6%
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisMedicine3%
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 | Surgery | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Transplantation | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Transplantation | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Transplantation | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY · rank 46/153
- JCR Q1 · SURGERY · rank 38/321
- JCR Q1 · TRANSPLANTATION · rank 7/30
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 3.66LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 137LetPub ·
- h-index
- 186OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,203OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.35OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.35%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 127LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,312 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 207 | 21 | 46 |
| 2025 | 270 | 44 | 482 |
| 2024 | 235 | 46 | 1,146 |
| 2023 | 269 | 60 | 1,872 |
| 2022 | 249 | 75 | 1,851 |
| 2021 | 430 | 129 | 3,833 |
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
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (36% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- HardLetPub ·
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 2,150 / EUR 2,000 / GBP 1,550 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2000
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- Electronic ISSN
- 1527-6473
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 32, Issue 10 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Liver Transplantation
What CAS zone is Liver Transplantation in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Liver Transplantation is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Surgery / Transplantation / Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 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 Liver Transplantation?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.66; CiteScore 6.6, h-index 186.
How long does peer review take at Liver Transplantation?
Authors report an average review time of 3–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Hard”. 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 JCR quartile is Liver Transplantation in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1; by category, GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY Q2 (46/153), SURGERY Q1 (38/321), TRANSPLANTATION Q1 (7/30). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Medicine.
Which databases index Liver Transplantation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Liver Transplantation is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Liver Transplantation open access, and what is the APC?
Liver Transplantation is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,150.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .