Journal profile · Multiple
Research Integrity and Peer Review
ISSN 2058-8615 · BMC · United Kingdom
Research Integrity and Peer Review: CAS Zone 2 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 9.6 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,590; median 131 days to acceptance (86 articles, last 24 months); 26 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and SSCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Research Integrity and Peer Review is published by BMC and is in Zone 2 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Meta-analysis and systematic reviews, Academic integrity and plagiarism and scientometrics and bibliometrics research, together about 40.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research Integrity and Peer Review is an international, open access, peer reviewed journal that encompasses all aspects of integrity in research publication, including peer review, study reporting, and research and publication ethics. Particular consideration is given to submissions that address current controversies and limitations in the field and offer potential solutions. We welcome research into peer review and editorial decision making, however, reports of individual journal or publisher decisions or actions will not be considered. Research and publication ethics We consider manuscripts on all aspects of research and publication ethics, including, but not limited to, the ethics of research designs, ethical approval, consent, authorship and contributorship, competing interests, and all forms of research and publication misconduct on the part of authors, reviewers, and editors. We also welcome manuscripts focused on the effects of academic reward systems on publication behaviour, journal funding and income sources, and relations between editors and publishers and editorial freedom. Research reporting We consider manuscripts investigating the issues relating to research reporting. Manuscripts evaluating interventions to improve the completeness, accuracy, and usability of research reports, development, evaluation, and implementation of reporting guidelines, prevention of publication bias and selective reporting, and improvement of readability are particularly encouraged. We also welcome studies or constructive discussions on alternatives to academic publishing (such as reporting in research registries) and other novel approaches aimed at increasing the availability, value, and reliability of published research. Peer review We consider manuscripts reporting research into the peer review of articles for publication (by journals), or presentation (by conferences), and the peer review of grant proposals by funders. Research topics include: methods of identifying, training, and rewarding peer reviewers; mechanisms to reduce bias, such as blinding; novel systems for peer review, such as ‘public review’ and post-publication review; and methods to measure and improve the quality of peer review.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Frits R. RosendaalPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Netherlands 5, United States 4, Germany 3, Hong Kong, China 1, United Kingdom 1 (18 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsDecision Sciences14.6%
- Academic integrity and plagiarismSocial Sciences13.9%
- scientometrics and bibliometrics researchDecision Sciences12%
- Academic Publishing and Open AccessDecision Sciences11.7%
- Ethics in Clinical ResearchMedicine9.5%
- Pharmaceutical industry and healthcarePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.8%
- Academic Writing and PublishingArts and Humanities4.9%
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationMedicine3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Ethics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | History & Philosophy Of Science | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Ethics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | History & Philosophy Of Science | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
SCIESSCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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 (publisher) 2025
- 9.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 9.9Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 110OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 585,700Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 239 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 64 | 64 | 33 |
| 2025 | 26 | 26 | 143 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 126 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 589 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | 331 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 626 |
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
131 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 93 days – 178 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 37 days (86 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 175 days
- Sample
- 86 articles with submission and acceptance dates (96 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 5 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 5 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Open 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 | EUR 2,190 / USD 2,590 / GBP 1,990 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,490 / EUR 2,090 / GBP 1,890 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,790 / USD 2,390 / EUR 1,990 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,990 / USD 2,590 / EUR 2,190 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Article types accepted7
- commentFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Methodology Review Comment Correspondence Study protocol Matters ArisingLength not stated
- correspondenceFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Methodology Review Comment Correspondence Study protocol Matters ArisingLength not stated
- matters arisingFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Methodology Review Comment Correspondence Study protocol Matters ArisingLength not stated
- methodologyFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Methodology Review Comment Correspondence Study protocol Matters ArisingLength not stated
- researchFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Methodology Review Comment Correspondence Study protocol Matters ArisingLength not stated
- reviewFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Methodology Review Comment Correspondence Study protocol Matters ArisingLength not stated
- study protocolFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Methodology Review Comment Correspondence Study protocol Matters ArisingLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Manuscripts must be submitted by an author, not a third party. Model summary
Please note that a manuscript can only be submitted by an author of the manuscript and may not be submitted by a third party.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data sharing strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories where appropriate. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Research Integrity and Peer Review articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Authors may suggest peer reviewers in the cover letter with institutional email addresses or identifiers (ORCID/Scopus ID). Model summary
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- BMC
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2058-8615
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Research Integrity and Peer Review
What CAS zone is Research Integrity and Peer Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Research Integrity and Peer Review is in Zone 2 of Management, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Ethics / History & Philosophy Of Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Research Integrity and Peer Review?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 9.6 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 40.
How long does peer review take at Research Integrity and Peer Review?
Based on the dates recorded on 86 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 131 days (interquartile range 93–178 days); authors report an average review time of about 5 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Research Integrity and Peer Review based?
Of the 18 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Netherlands (5), United States (4) and Germany (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Research Integrity and Peer Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Research Integrity and Peer Review is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Research Integrity and Peer Review open access, and what is the APC?
Research Integrity and Peer Review is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,590.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .