Journal profile · Biochemical Research Methods
PROTEOMICS
ISSN 1615-9853 · eISSN 1615-9861 · Wiley-VCH Verlag · GERMANY · Monthly
PROTEOMICS: CAS Zone 3 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.97; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,650; median 147 days to acceptance (77 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 204 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
PROTEOMICS is published by Wiley-VCH Verlag and is in Zone 3 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications, Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, together about 49.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
PROTEOMICS is the premier international source for information on all aspects of applications and technologies, including software, in proteomics, other omics and systems biology approaches. The journal includes but is not limited to proteomics, genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics and lipidomics, and systems biology approaches. Papers describing novel applications of proteomics and integration of multi-omics data and approaches are especially welcome. ISI Impact Factor 2020: 3.984 How to cite: To make sure that references to this journal are correctly recorded and resolved (for example in CrossRef or ISI Web of Science), please use the following abbreviated title in any citations: "PROTEOMICS" (punctuation may vary according to the style of the citing journal).From 2017, PROTEOMICS does not use page numbers but instead, each article has a unique e-locator. An example citation is below:Nicastri, A., Liao, H., Muller, J., Purcell, A. W., & Ternette, N. (2020). The choice of HLA-associated peptide enrichment and purification strategy affects peptide yields and creates a bias in detected sequence repertoire. Proteomics, 20(12), e1900401. ISSN: 1615-9853 (print). 1615-9861 (online). Currently 24 issues per year. How to cite: To make sure that references to this journal are correctly recorded and resolved (for example in CrossRef, PubMed, or ISI Web of Knowledge), please use the following abbreviated title in any citations: "PROTEOMICS" (all one word, no spaces or punctuation).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Biochemical Research Methods
Editor-in-chief Garry CorthalsPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 20%); most named Mainland China 1, United States 1, Greece 1, Ireland 1, Thailand 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Proteomics Techniques and ApplicationsChemistry29.6%
- Mass Spectrometry Techniques and ApplicationsChemistry12.7%
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.2%
- Biotin and Related StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.9%
- Glycosylation and Glycoproteins ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.3%
- Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.7%
- Advanced Biosensing Techniques and ApplicationsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.6%
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanismsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Biochemical Research Methods | Zone 3 |
| 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 | Biochemical Research Methods | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biochemical Research Methods | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 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
MEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, AGRICOLA
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
- 3.97LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 153LetPub ·
- h-index
- 213OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6,187OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 60.45%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 124LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 145Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 764,600Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 10,134 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 94 | 44 | 17 |
| 2025 | 204 | 149 | 538 |
| 2024 | 224 | 156 | 1,009 |
| 2023 | 244 | 170 | 2,110 |
| 2022 | 224 | 100 | 2,735 |
| 2021 | 206 | 87 | 2,370 |
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
147 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 102 days – 207 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (78 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 164 days
- Sample
- 77 articles with submission and acceptance dates (314 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 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 31%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 31%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 137 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
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 4,650 / EUR 3,850 / GBP 3,170 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
- Other fees
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Page charges
- No page charges
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
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- editorial(i) Research Articles describing complete investigations. Unsolicited research articles should be as concise as possible and should typically not exceed 8000 wo…Length not stated
- rapid communication(i) Research Articles describing complete investigations. Unsolicited research articles should be as concise as possible and should typically not exceed 8000 wo…Length not stated
- rapid communications(ii) Rapid Communications (formerly Accelerated Articles) describing results that are brief, timely and/or of such importance that rapid publication is warrante…Length not stated
- research article(i) Research Articles describing complete investigations. Unsolicited research articles should be as concise as possible and should typically not exceed 8000 wo…main text ≤ 8,000 words
- research articles(i) Research Articles describing complete investigations.Length not stated
- review(i) Research Articles describing complete investigations. Unsolicited research articles should be as concise as possible and should typically not exceed 8000 wo…main text ≤ 10,000 words
- review article(i) Research Articles describing complete investigations. Unsolicited research articles should be as concise as possible and should typically not exceed 8000 wo…main text ≤ 8,500 words
- reviews(iii)Reviews are normally invited by the Editor-in-Chief.Length not stated
- viewpointions in an italicised font can be used. Viewpoint articles should normally not exceed 3500 words (including references as well as figure and table legends)main text ≤ 3,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Data availability, Open access
- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
All authors must declare financial/commercial conflicts of interest; mandatory for all articles. Model summary
All authors must declare financial/commercial conflicts of interest. Even if there are none, this should be stated in a separate paragraph following on from the acknowledgements section. This is a mandatory requirement for all articles.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability 5.6 Data analysis, data sharing and accessibility
Data sharing in an OA repository is mandatory wherever possible, unless prevented by ethical or privacy concerns. Model summary
Including Data Availability Statement at the end of the paper is mandatory. Stating that data are available on a "reasonable request" is not acceptble. Conditions must be briefly outlined, for example if any agreements need to be signed etc. Data sharing is mandatory wherever possible, unless this is prevented by ethical or privacy concerns Deposition of supporting proteomics data in a public, ope…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Wiley posts accepted version of NIH-funded articles to PubMed Central upon acceptance. Model summary
PROTEOMICS offers an Open Access service for all authors. Open Access is available to authors of primary research articles who wish to make their article available to non-subscribers on publication, or whose funding agency requires grantees to archive the final version of their article. With Open Access, the author, the author's funding agency, or the author's institution pays a fee (APC) to ensur…
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-VCH Verlag
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 1615-9853
- Electronic ISSN
- 1615-9861
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 26, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about PROTEOMICS
What CAS zone is PROTEOMICS in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, PROTEOMICS is in Zone 3 of Biology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Biochemical Research Methods / 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 PROTEOMICS?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.97; CiteScore 6.6, h-index 213.
How long does peer review take at PROTEOMICS?
Based on the dates recorded on 77 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 147 days (interquartile range 102–207 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 31% (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 PROTEOMICS?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. 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 PROTEOMICS based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 20%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (1), United States (1) and Greece (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index PROTEOMICS?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, PROTEOMICS is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is PROTEOMICS open access, and what is the APC?
PROTEOMICS is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,650.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .