Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (all)
Perspectives in Clinical Research
ISSN 2229-3485 · eISSN 2229-5488 · Wolters Kluwer Health · India
Perspectives in Clinical Research: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 76 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); 51 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Perspectives in Clinical Research is published by Wolters Kluwer Health. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Ethics in Clinical Research, Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare and Biomedical Ethics and Regulation, together about 37.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Editor-in-chief Arun BhattPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named India 6 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ethics in Clinical ResearchMedicine16.6%
- Pharmaceutical industry and healthcarePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.5%
- Biomedical Ethics and RegulationMedicine9%
- Statistical Methods in Clinical TrialsMathematics8.7%
- Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug ReactionsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics6.2%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine4.8%
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsDecision Sciences4%
- Pharmaceutical Economics and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Medicine | Q1 | 139/669 | 79th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 295OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.19OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 779 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 68 | 68 | 1,753 |
| 2025 | 51 | 51 | 2,387 |
| 2024 | 43 | 43 | 2,523 |
| 2023 | 43 | 43 | 2,274 |
| 2022 | 37 | 37 | 2,092 |
| 2021 | 55 | 55 | 2,139 |
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
76 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 24 days – 118 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 91 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 182 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (108 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 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2229-3485
- Electronic ISSN
- 2229-5488
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Perspectives in Clinical Research
How long does peer review take at Perspectives in Clinical Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 76 days (interquartile range 24–118 days); authors report an average review time of about 36 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Perspectives in Clinical Research based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are India (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Perspectives in Clinical Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Perspectives in Clinical Research is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Perspectives in Clinical Research open access, and what is the APC?
Perspectives in Clinical Research is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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: .