Journal profile · Clinical Neurology
Movement Disorders
ISSN 0885-3185 · eISSN 1531-8257 · John Wiley and Sons Inc. · UNITED STATES · Semimonthly · Founded 1986
Movement Disorders: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 7.51; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,480; median 90 days to acceptance (102 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 25%; 438 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Movement Disorders is published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Neurological disorders and treatments and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, together about 59.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Neurology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Movement Disorders publishes: Reviews; Viewpoints; Full Length Articles; Historical Reports; Brief Reports; and Letters Original manuscripts, such as those that have not yet been published elsewhere except in abstract form, on the diagnosis, therapeutics, pharmacology, biochemistry, physiology, etiology, genetics, and epidemiology of movement disorders, will be considered for publication. Appropriate topics include the etiology, diagnosis, management, and basic science of: Parkinsonism; Chorea; Tremors; Dystonia; Myoclonus; Tics; Tardive; Dyskinesia; Spasticity; and Ataxia
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Clinical Neurology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsMedicine26%
- Neurological disorders and treatmentsMedicine23.8%
- Genetic Neurodegenerative DiseasesNeuroscience9.8%
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological DisordersMedicine6.7%
- Glycogen Storage Diseases and MyoclonusMedicine3.1%
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation StudiesNeuroscience3.1%
- Neurological diseases and metabolismNeuroscience2.9%
- Restless Legs Syndrome ResearchMedicine2.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
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
- 7.51LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 12.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.63LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.01LetPub ·
- h-index
- 174LetPub ·
- h-index
- 283OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8,753OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 67.37%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 257LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 14,356 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 377 | 245 | 217 |
| 2025 | 438 | 321 | 1,802 |
| 2024 | 405 | 313 | 3,390 |
| 2023 | 403 | 304 | 6,230 |
| 2022 | 400 | 216 | 8,459 |
| 2021 | 499 | 268 | 12,482 |
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
90 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 50 days – 130 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 27 days (112 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 115 days
- Sample
- 102 articles with submission and acceptance dates (864 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 12 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 25%LetPub ·
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 4,480 / EUR 3,750 / GBP 3,010 | — | — |
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 Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semimonthly
- Founded
- 1986
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
- Electronic ISSN
- 1531-8257
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Movement Disorders
What CAS zone is Movement Disorders in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Movement Disorders is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Clinical Neurology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Movement Disorders?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 7.51; CiteScore 12.1, h-index 283.
How long does peer review take at Movement Disorders?
Based on the dates recorded on 102 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 90 days (interquartile range 50–130 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 25%”. 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.
Which databases index Movement Disorders?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Movement Disorders is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Movement Disorders open access, and what is the APC?
Movement Disorders is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,480.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .