Journal profile · Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Prion
ISSN 1933-6896 · eISSN 1933-690X · Landes Bioscience · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 2007
Prion: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.59; fully open access; APC about USD 2,630; median 86 days to acceptance (23 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 11 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Prion is published by Landes Bioscience and is in Zone 4 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding, Neurological diseases and metabolism and Trace Elements in Health, together about 66.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology and Neurology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Prion publishes international gold open access research on protein folding and misfolding, protein assembly disorders and protein structural inheritance. Prion aims to foster communication and rapid exchange of information through timely publication of important results using traditional as well as electronic formats. The journal publishes Research Articles, Commentaries & Views, Perspectives, Meeting Reports, Letters to the Editor, Methods, Data Notes and Reigstered Reports. Please find out more about each article type on the Instructions for Authors. Prion operates a single-anonymized peer review policy.Should you have any queries, please visit our Author Services website or contact us here. Alternatively, you can contact the Editorial Office at: QPRN-peerreview@journals.taylorandfrancis.com. Read the Instructions for Authors.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Editor-in-chief Yury O. ChernoffPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Prion Diseases and Protein MisfoldingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology39.1%
- Neurological diseases and metabolismNeuroscience16.1%
- Trace Elements in HealthNursing11.2%
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsMedicine8.6%
- RNA regulation and diseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.1%
- RNA Research and SplicingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.9%
- Amino Acid Enzymes and MetabolismBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2%
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ResearchMedicine1.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
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
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPMCEmbasePublisher website
Other: Biochemistry and Biophysics Citation Index (Online), Biological Abstracts (Online), BIOSIS Previews, Reactions Weekly (Online)
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
- 1.59LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.46Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 446OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.25OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 11LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 171,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 932 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | 57 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 127 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 131 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 237 |
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
86 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 59 days – 106 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (23 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 98 days
- Sample
- 23 articles with submission and acceptance dates (24 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 77%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 31 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,630 / GBP 2,100 / EUR 2,520 / AUD 3,655 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 1,625 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted8
- commentaries & viewsThe journal publishes Research Articles, Commentaries & Views, Perspectives, Meeting Reports, Letters to the Editor, Methods, Data Notes and Reigstered Reports.Length not stated
- data notesThe journal publishes Research Articles, Commentaries & Views, Perspectives, Meeting Reports, Letters to the Editor, Methods, Data Notes and Reigstered Reports.Length not stated
- letters to the editorThe journal publishes Research Articles, Commentaries & Views, Perspectives, Meeting Reports, Letters to the Editor, Methods, Data Notes and Reigstered Reports.Length not stated
- meeting reportsThe journal publishes Research Articles, Commentaries & Views, Perspectives, Meeting Reports, Letters to the Editor, Methods, Data Notes and Reigstered Reports.Length not stated
- methodsThe journal publishes Research Articles, Commentaries & Views, Perspectives, Meeting Reports, Letters to the Editor, Methods, Data Notes and Reigstered Reports.Length not stated
- perspectivesThe journal publishes Research Articles, Commentaries & Views, Perspectives, Meeting Reports, Letters to the Editor, Methods, Data Notes and Reigstered Reports.Length not stated
- reigstered reportsThe journal publishes Research Articles, Commentaries & Views, Perspectives, Meeting Reports, Letters to the Editor, Methods, Data Notes and Reigstered Reports.Length not stated
- research articlesThe journal publishes Research Articles, Commentaries & Views, Perspectives, Meeting Reports, Letters to the Editor, Methods, Data Notes and Reigstered Reports.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Prion is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership of your article Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
single-anonymized peer review Model summary
Prion operates a single-anonymized peer review policy.
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
- Landes Bioscience
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2007
- ISSN
- 1933-6896
- Electronic ISSN
- 1933-690X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 20, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Prion
What CAS zone is Prion in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Prion is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Prion?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.59; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 60.
How long does peer review take at Prion?
Based on the dates recorded on 23 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 86 days (interquartile range 59–106 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 77% (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.
Which databases index Prion?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Prion is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PMC and Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Prion open access, and what is the APC?
Prion is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,630.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .