Journal profile
Scholarpedia
ISSN 1941-6016 · Scholarpedia Corporation · United States
Scholarpedia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Scholarpedia is published by Scholarpedia Corporation. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Neural dynamics and brain function, Mathematical Dynamics and Fractals and Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, together about 27.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Scholarpedia is a peer-reviewed open-access encyclopedia written and maintained by scholarly experts from around the world. Scholarpedia is inspired by Wikipedia and aims to complement it by providing in-depth scholarly treatment of topics within the fields of mathematics and sciences including physical, biological, behavioral, and social sciences.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Eugene IzhikevichPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Neural dynamics and brain functionNeuroscience12.6%
- Mathematical Dynamics and FractalsMathematics8%
- Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical SystemsMathematics7%
- Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern FormationComputer Science6.5%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchNeuroscience5.7%
- Visual perception and processing mechanismsNeuroscience5.4%
- Tactile and Sensory InteractionsNeuroscience5.4%
- Memory and Neural MechanismsNeuroscience4.5%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 444OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.8OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,006 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 1,230 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 2,299 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 2,545 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 2,298 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 2,180 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 2,064 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- License & copyright
Official archival publication occurs at the moment of final author approval. Model summary
The moment of final author approval is the time of official archival publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access principles
access to published Scholarpedia articles is free at no time are authors charged a fee to publish review articles all published articles' contents are available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (please see the Terms of Use) all activity by all members is, by default, publicly visible participants interact with the site using their real name users hav…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review by two existing Curators; the Sponsor may serve as one of the reviewers. Model summary
The article needs to be accepted by two existing Curators (an article Sponsor can also choose to serve as one of the article's reviewers).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
One-week cool-off period after approval by two qualified reviewers before publication. Model summary
After the article has been formally approved by two qualified reviewers, it will undergo a one-week cool-off period.
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
- Scholarpedia Corporation
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1941-6016
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Scholarpedia
How long does peer review take at Scholarpedia?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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 Scholarpedia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Scholarpedia is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Scholarpedia open access, and what is the APC?
Scholarpedia 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .