Journal profile · Urology & Nephrology
Nephrology
ISSN 1320-5358 · eISSN 1440-1797 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · AUSTRALIA · Bimonthly · Founded 1995
Nephrology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.96; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,110; median 100 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 199 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nephrology is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes, together about 41.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Nephrology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Nephrology is published 12 times per year by the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology. It has a special emphasis on the needs of Clinical Nephrologists and those in developing countries. The journal publishes reviews and papers of international interest describing original research concerned with clinical and experimental aspects of nephrology.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Urology & Nephrology
Editor-in-chief SUZUKI YusukePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 1, Thailand 1, Sri Lanka 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Dialysis and Renal Disease ManagementMedicine15.4%
- Renal Diseases and GlomerulopathiesMedicine13.7%
- Chronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesMedicine12.7%
- Acute Kidney Injury ResearchMedicine6.1%
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and TreatmentsMedicine6%
- Renal and Vascular PathologiesMedicine4.2%
- Parathyroid Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine4%
- Organ Donation and TransplantationMedicine3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | 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
MEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO
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
- 1.96LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 93OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,905OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.57OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 29.48%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 131LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 152Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 459,289Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,446 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 122 | 56 | 22 |
| 2025 | 199 | 97 | 306 |
| 2024 | 165 | 115 | 436 |
| 2023 | 142 | 96 | 540 |
| 2022 | 133 | 55 | 828 |
| 2021 | 214 | 66 | 1,576 |
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
100 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 58 days – 155 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (94 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 117 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (326 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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 107 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer review, at least 2 reviewersPublisher 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 4,110 / EUR 3,430 / GBP 2,700 | — | — |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted13, with length limits
- brief communicationi. Original ArticlesWord limit: 4,000 words maximumAbstract: 250 words maximum. Graphical abstracts accepted.References: No more than 30.Figures/Tables: Total o…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- brief communicationsii. Brief Communications Word limit: 2,000 words maximumLength not stated
- case reporti. Original ArticlesWord limit: 4,000 words maximumAbstract: 250 words maximum. Graphical abstracts accepted.References: No more than 30.Figures/Tables: Total o…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- commentaryvi. Commentary Word limit: 500 words maximumLength not stated
- correspondencev. Correspondence Word limit: 500 word maximumLength not stated
- editoriali. Original ArticlesWord limit: 4,000 words maximumAbstract: 250 words maximum. Graphical abstracts accepted.References: No more than 30.Figures/Tables: Total o…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- letteri. Original ArticlesWord limit: 4,000 words maximumAbstract: 250 words maximum. Graphical abstracts accepted.References: No more than 30.Figures/Tables: Total o…Length not stated
- opinioni. Original ArticlesWord limit: 4,000 words maximumAbstract: 250 words maximum. Graphical abstracts accepted.References: No more than 30.Figures/Tables: Total o…Length not stated
- original articleNUSCRIPT CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS i. Original Articles Word limit: 4,000 words maximum Abstract: 250 words maximum. Graphical abstracts acmain text ≤ 4,000 words
- original articlesi. Original Articles Word limit: 4,000 words maximumLength not stated
- reviewi. Original ArticlesWord limit: 4,000 words maximumAbstract: 250 words maximum. Graphical abstracts accepted.References: No more than 30.Figures/Tables: Total o…Length not stated
- review articlei. Original ArticlesWord limit: 4,000 words maximumAbstract: 250 words maximum. Graphical abstracts accepted.References: No more than 30.Figures/Tables: Total o…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- review articlesiii. Review Articles Word limit: 4,000 words maximumLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Use of Generative AI tools
Wiley welcomes the thoughtful use of artificial intelligence tools or technologies. When used responsibly, authors can maintain high editorial standards, safeguard intellectual property and other rights, and foster transparency with readers. While Wiley authors remain fully accountable for their material and any technologies or sources they use in its creation, Wiley recognizes AI Technology’s gro…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship and Acknowledgements
The journal adheres to the definition of authorship set up by The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). The ICMJE recommends that authorship be based on the following 4 criteria: i) Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; ii) Drafting the work or revising it critically for importa…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
All authors are asked to sign a Competing Interests and Acknowledgment Statement on submission of their manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Clinical trial registration required Model summary
The journal encourages authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 5. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
COPE member Model summary
Peer Review and Acceptance The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are peer reviewed by two anonymous reviewers and the Editor. Final acceptance or rejection rests with the Editorial Board, who reserves the right to refuse any material for publication. Manuscripts shoul…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
ORCID required for submitting authors Model summary
Nephrology requires submitting authors to have an ORCID iD.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review and Acceptance
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are peer reviewed by two anonymous reviewers and the Editor. Final acceptance or rejection rests with the Editorial Board, who reserves the right to refuse any material for publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy: preprints accepted Model summary
Nephrology accepts articles previously published on preprint servers. The journal will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
Nephrology requires that the clinical trials submitted for its consideration are registered in a publicly accessible database. Authors should include the name of the trial register and their clinical trial registration number in the Acknowledgements section of their manuscript. If you wish the editor[s] to consider an unregistered trial, please explain briefly why the trial has not been registered…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- AUSTRALIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1995
- ISSN
- 1320-5358
- Electronic ISSN
- 1440-1797
- Society / sponsor
- Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nephrology
What CAS zone is Nephrology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nephrology is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Urology & Nephrology. 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 Nephrology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.96; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 93.
How long does peer review take at Nephrology?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 100 days (interquartile range 58–155 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16% (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 Nephrology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; 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 Nephrology based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (1), Thailand (1) and Sri Lanka (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Nephrology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nephrology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Nephrology open access, and what is the APC?
Nephrology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,110.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .