Journal profile · COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS-STATISTICS & PROBABILITY
R Journal
ISSN 2073-4859 · R Foundation for Statistical Computing · AUSTRIA
R Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.96; fully open access; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 74 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
R Journal is published by R Foundation for Statistical Computing and is in Zone 4 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Data Analysis with R, Statistical Methods and Inference and Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference, together about 40.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistics and Probability and Artificial Intelligence. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The R Journal is primarily a software journal. This means that methodology behind a package needs only to be described to the point necessary to understand what the package does. In almost all cases, the underlying methods will be discussed in detail in other papers, which you should cite. We strongly encourage authors to focus on software-related issues such as: Design considerations Why does the package have this particular interface? Which user did you have in mind for the package as it was developed? An expert R programmer? A novice? A data analyst with a background in a certain field? Did you adhere to a certain design standard? Why? Performance and limitations Is the package parallelized? Can you say something about how use of resources (time, memory) scales with input? Are there any limits to its use? What is the typical use case? Important implementation details Have you chose a certain object model, such as S4/S3/R6/S7? Why? Any considerations regarding dependencies?
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS-STATISTICS & PROBABILITY
Editor-in-chief Emi TanakaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United States 11, Australia 4, Austria 3, United Kingdom 2, Canada 2 (34 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Data Analysis with RComputer Science18.5%
- Statistical Methods and InferenceMathematics12%
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceMathematics9.9%
- Bayesian Methods and Mixture ModelsComputer Science6.4%
- Advanced Statistical Methods and ModelsMathematics5.9%
- Scientific Computing and Data ManagementDecision Sciences4.6%
- Data Mining Algorithms and ApplicationsComputer Science3.2%
- demographic modeling and climate adaptationDecision Sciences2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 0.96LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.97LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 79OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 333OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.09OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 25.77%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 50LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,022Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 844 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 49 | 3 |
| 2025 | 74 | 74 | 58 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 89 |
| 2023 | 73 | 73 | 333 |
| 2022 | 58 | 58 | 493 |
| 2021 | 87 | 87 | 2,715 |
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)
- EasyLetPub ·
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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 accepted6
- applicationsApplications: demonstrating how new or existing techniques can be applied in an area of current interest using R, providing a fresh view of such analyses in R t…Length not stated
- comparisons and benchmarkingComparisons and benchmarking: of implementations in base-R and contributed packages with each other, and where relevant with implementations in other software s…Length not stated
- packagesPackages: Details of contributed R packages that are available on CRAN or Bioconductor, that go beyond a package vignette.Length not stated
- reviewThe R Journal accepts a variety of article topics including: Packages: Details of contributed R packages that are available on CRAN or Bioconductor, that go bey…Length not stated
- reviews and proposalsReviews and proposals: surveying and discussing challenges and opportunities of potential importance for the broader R community, including proposals and proof-…Length not stated
- special issue articlesSpecial issue articles: papers associated with a conference like R Medicine, or possibly a collection of papers on a particular topic of interest.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
All submissions must primarily be about R packages and R programming. Model summary
All submissions must primarily be about R packages and R programming.
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
- R Foundation for Statistical Computing
- Country or region
- AUSTRIA
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2073-4859
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about R Journal
What CAS zone is R Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, R Journal is in Zone 4 of Computer Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications / Statistics & Probability. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of R Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.96; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 79.
How long does peer review take at R Journal?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “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 R Journal based?
Of the 34 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (11), Australia (4) and Austria (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index R Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, R Journal is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is R Journal open access, and what is the APC?
R Journal is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .