Journal profile · Multidisciplinary Sciences
PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ISSN 0386-2208 · eISSN 1349-2896 · Japan Academy · JAPAN · Monthly · Founded 1977
PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: CAS Zone 2 · Multidisciplinary (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.93; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 37 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
PJA Series B publishes reviews and research articles in broad fields of natural sciences, such as physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth and planetary sciences, biology, engineering, agricultural sciences, medical and pharmaceutical sciences.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multidisciplinary Sciences
Editor-in-chief NAGATA ShigekazuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Japan 91 (91 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Animal Genetics and ReproductionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.3%
- Chromosomal and Genetic VariationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.2%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences6.9%
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEarth and Planetary Sciences6.8%
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.6%
- Glycosylation and Glycoproteins ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.2%
- Geological and Geochemical AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences5%
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanismsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Multidisciplinary Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Multidisciplinary Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Multidisciplinary Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Multidisciplinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Multidisciplinary Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Multidisciplinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.93LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.77LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 94OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,011OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 94.74%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 37LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,975 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 7 |
| 2025 | 37 | 37 | 100 |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 | 216 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | 298 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 815 |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | 588 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 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 |
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 accepted3
- research articleb) Research Article: Papers that describe hitherto unpublished original works.Length not stated
- reviewa) Review: Papers that review literature and provide summary views of particular subjects or fields.Length not stated
- special articlec) Special Article: From time to time the PJA Series B publishes a limited number of short commentaries or essay-style articles on subjects deemed appropriate a…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Preprints
- Authorship 7. Authorship
Copyright retained by authors Model summary
Authors’ names should be properly listed. All authors must have reviewed the final manuscript and agreed to submit it to the PJA Series B. Please also see the Editorial Policy for more information. (https://www.japan-acad.go.jp/en/publishing/pja_b/editorialpolicy.html). 8. Ethical considerations Publication or submission of duplicate work is prohibited. For experiments involving human subjects, au…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest 6. Conflict of interest
Authors must include a “Conflict of interest” section in their papers to declare whether they have any employment or financial interests related to the submitted paper. Conflicts of interest apply to those within the past three years at the time of submission. Please also see the Editorial Policy for more information. (https://www.japan-acad.go.jp/en/publishing/pja_b/editorialpolicy.html). 7. Auth…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 8. Ethical considerations
Duplicate publication prohibited Model summary
Publication or submission of duplicate work is prohibited. For experiments involving human subjects, authors should specify if the procedures adhered to ethical standards set by the responsible committee on human experimentation (both institutional and national) and compiled with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964, as revised in 2024 (https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-declaration-of-helsinki/). …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright 10. Copyright and Open Access
CC BY-NC default license Model summary
Authors retain the copyright to their work and grant the Japan Academy a non-exclusive license to publish, including depositing articles in online services such as the J-STAGE or PubMed Central. All articles are published as open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International (CC BY-NC) license by default (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). This license …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 10. Copyright and Open Access
Open access via J-STAGE Model summary
Authors retain the copyright to their work and grant the Japan Academy a non-exclusive license to publish, including depositing articles in online services such as the J-STAGE or PubMed Central. All articles are published as open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International (CC BY-NC) license by default (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). This license …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints 12. Preprint
Preprint policy Model summary
The PJA Series B encourages authors to deposit early versions of articles in appropriate repositories or preprint servers. Preprints are not considered publications, but all other prior/redundant publications are forbidden. Please specify the use of preprint servers in the cover letter and provide the link to the preprint. Upon publication, authors are requested to establish a link from the prepri…
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
- Japan Academy
- Country or region
- JAPAN
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1977
- ISSN
- 0386-2208
- Electronic ISSN
- 1349-2896
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
What CAS zone is PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES is in Zone 2 of Multidisciplinary, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Multidisciplinary Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Multidisciplinary. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.93; CiteScore 6.8, h-index 94.
How long does peer review take at PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. 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 PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES based?
Of the 91 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Japan (91). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES open access, and what is the APC?
PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .