Journal profile · Social Sciences-Cultural Studies

Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online

ISSN 2405-6618 · Elsevier · United Kingdom

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Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online: fully open access; APC about USD 1,640; review about 7 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; the journal's website says it has ceased publication.

The journal's website says it has ceased publication: Title discontinued as of 2022 Source ↗Publisher website · 2026-11-01

Impact factor—No published value

CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking

CiteScore quartileQ1Cultural Studies · rank 27/1304 · 97th percentile

Review timeabout 7 weeksCommunity average

APCUSD 1,640Fully open access

Acceptance—No reports yet

Articles per year02025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online is published by Elsevier. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Reproductive Health and Technologies, Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes and Reproductive Health and Contraception, together about 50.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Cultural Studies

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

Reproductive Health and TechnologiesMedicine31.5%
Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesArts and Humanities10.3%
Reproductive Health and ContraceptionMedicine8.4%
Medical and Health Sciences ResearchMedicine7.1%
Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin PregnancyMedicine6.9%
Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine5%
International Human Rights and Reproductive LawSocial Sciences4%
Reproductive Biology and FertilityMedicine3.6%

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
Cultural Studies	Q1	27/1304	97th
Health (social science)	Q1	64/371	82nd
Reproductive Medicine	Q2	24/90	73rd
Developmental Biology	Q2	34/82	59th

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

ScopusLetPub

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: 5.4LetPub · 2026-11-01
SJR 2026-06: 0.61LetPub · 2026-11-01
SNIP 2026-06: 1.94LetPub · 2026-11-01
h-index: 34OpenAlex · 2026-11-01
i10-index: 121OpenAlex · 2026-11-01
2-year mean citedness: 0OpenAlex · 2026-11-01
Share of gold OA articles: 0%LetPub · 2026-11-01

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 209 in total · the current year is incomplete

Year	Articles	Open access	Citations
2026	0	0	399
2025	0	0	516
2024	0	0	515
2023	0	0	585
2022	8	8	514
2021	39	37	434

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): about 7 weeksLetPub · 2026-11-01

Peer review: Blind peer reviewLetPub

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 accessLetPub

Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).

Source	APC	Fee waiver	License	Observed
OpenAlex	USD 1,640 / EUR 1,500 / GBP 1,310 / JPY 184,270	—	—	2026-11-01
LetPub	EUR 1,515	Yes	—	2026-11-01

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: Elsevier
Country or region: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISSN: 2405-6618
Official links: Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
Author guidelines ↗LetPub
Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
Special issues ↗Publisher website
Peer review process ↗LetPub
Editorial board ↗LetPub

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online

How long does peer review take at Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online?

Authors report an average review time of about 7 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.

Which databases index Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online is indexed in Scopus.

Is Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online open access, and what is the APC?

Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,640.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: 2026-11-01.