Journal profile · Clinical Neurology
Muscle & Nerve
ISSN 0148-639X · eISSN 1097-4598 · John Wiley and Sons Inc. · UNITED STATES · Monthly
Muscle & Nerve: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.88; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,610; median 194 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 326 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Muscle & Nerve is published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. 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 Peripheral Nerve Disorders, Muscle Physiology and Disorders and Muscle activation and electromyography studies, together about 27.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Neurology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Muscle & Nerve is an international and interdisciplinary publication of original contributions, in both health and disease, concerning studies of the muscle, the neuromuscular junction, the peripheral motor, sensory and autonomic neurons, and the central nervous system where the behavior of the peripheral nervous system is clarified. Appearing monthly, Muscle & Nerve publishes clinical studies and clinically relevant research reports in the fields of anatomy, biochemistry, cell biology, electrophysiology and electrodiagnosis, epidemiology, genetics, immunology, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, toxicology, and virology. The Journal welcomes articles and reports on basic clinical electrophysiology and electrodiagnosis. We expedite some papers dealing with timely topics to keep up with the fast-moving pace of science, based on the referees' recommendation.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Clinical Neurology
Editor-in-chief Zachary SimmonsPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 36, Canada 4, United Kingdom 1, Japan 1, Australia 1 (45 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Peripheral Nerve DisordersMedicine9.7%
- Muscle Physiology and DisordersBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.9%
- Muscle activation and electromyography studiesEngineering8.9%
- Peripheral Neuropathies and DisordersMedicine8.2%
- Myasthenia Gravis and ThymomaMedicine5.4%
- Hereditary Neurological DisordersNeuroscience4.5%
- Genetic Neurodegenerative DiseasesNeuroscience4.3%
- Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders ResearchMedicine4.3%
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 | Clinical Neurology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 3 |
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 | Neurosciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- 2.88LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 133LetPub ·
- h-index
- 218OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7,700OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.2OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 42.46%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 209LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 256Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 933,170Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 14,826 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 317 | 189 | 63 |
| 2025 | 326 | 189 | 661 |
| 2024 | 306 | 209 | 1,367 |
| 2023 | 263 | 174 | 1,818 |
| 2022 | 315 | 124 | 2,661 |
| 2021 | 338 | 117 | 3,832 |
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
194 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 114 days – 267 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 222 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (697 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)
- 3–6 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 28%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 193 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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 4,610 / EUR 3,830 / GBP 3,090 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,000 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Templates
- Word
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted5
- case reportPlease click the hyperlinked Manuscript Type for more detail. Manuscript Type Abstract Figures/Tables Key Words Word Count/ References Description Clinical Rese…Length not stated
- invited review articlesInvited Review Articles (250 words) Non-Structured No limit on figures or tables, but authors are asked to use their judgment regarding those ofLength not stated
- letters to the editorPlease click the hyperlinked Manuscript Type for more detail. Manuscript Type Abstract Figures/Tables Key Words Word Count/ References Description Clinical Rese…Length not stated
- research articlePlease click the hyperlinked Manuscript Type for more detail. Manuscript Type Abstract Figures/Tables Key Words Word Count/ References Description Clinical Rese…Length not stated
- review articlePlease click the hyperlinked Manuscript Type for more detail. Manuscript Type Abstract Figures/Tables Key Words Word Count/ References Description Clinical Rese…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship 3. Author Contributions
Authorship All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria. The corresponding/submitting author must, when submitting a manuscript, give assurance that all authors have read and approved the submitted manuscript. The corresponding/ submittin…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosure
All authors are required to disclose associations which might affect their ability to present and/or interpret data objectively, particularly financial ties to funding sources for the work under review (e.g., membership on corporate scientific boards, stock ownership, consultant arrangements, patent ownership or application, etc.). Disclosure of such associations for the Editorial personnel of Mus…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
Muscle & Nerve expects that data supporting the results in the paper will be archived in an appropriate public repository. Authors are required to provide a data availability statement to describe the availability or the absence of shared data. When data have been shared, authors are required to include in their data availability statement a link to the repository they have used, and to cite the d…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce the material "in print and …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open access: subscription journal with optional open access after acceptance, subject to APC unless waiver applies. Model summary
Muscle & Nerve is a subscription journal that offers an open access option. You’ll have the option to choose to make your article open access after acceptance, which will be subject to an APC, unless a waiver applies. Read more about APCs here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submissions and Peer Review Process
Manuscript Submissions Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online at https://authors.wiley.com/journal/MUS For help with submissions, please contact: MUSeditorialoffice@gmail.com This journal does not charge submission fees. Article Preparation Support Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Langu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism, Duplication, and Redundant Publication
Muscle & Nerve requires that work submitted for publication is the authors’ own work and has not been misappropriated. When previously published material is used, appropriate credit must be given and written permission obtained (for use of copyrighted material). Muscle & Nerve also explicitly discourages duplication of published material and redundant publication. All manuscripts submitted to Musc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Preprint policy: preprint versions accepted; submitted versions may be posted at any time; update pre-publication versions with link to final article. Model summary
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here. This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers. Muscle & Nerve will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. You are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
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
- John Wiley and Sons Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1097-4598
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Muscle & Nerve
What CAS zone is Muscle & Nerve in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Muscle & Nerve is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Clinical Neurology / Neurosciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Muscle & Nerve?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.88; CiteScore 5.3, h-index 218.
How long does peer review take at Muscle & Nerve?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 194 days (interquartile range 114–267 days); authors report an average review time of 3–6 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 28% (2025). 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 Muscle & Nerve?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 4,000 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Templates: Word; 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 Muscle & Nerve based?
Of the 45 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (36), Canada (4) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Muscle & Nerve?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Muscle & Nerve is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Muscle & Nerve open access, and what is the APC?
Muscle & Nerve is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,610.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .