Journal profile
ScienceOpen Research
ISSN 2199-1006 · ScienceOpen · United States
ScienceOpen Research: fully open access; APC about USD 800; review about 1 week (community reports); 1 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ScienceOpen Research is published by ScienceOpen. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Publishing and Scholarly Communication, Academic Publishing and Open Access and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, together about 26.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ScienceOpen Research is broad scope journal that published scienfitically sound research in all disciplines based on open peer review of preprints posted and reviews in ScienceOpen Preprints.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Publishing and Scholarly CommunicationArts and Humanities10.9%
- Academic Publishing and Open AccessDecision Sciences10.9%
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsMedicine5%
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine4.5%
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairMedicine4.5%
- Evaluation of Teaching PracticesSocial Sciences4.1%
- Relativity and Gravitational TheoryPhysics and Astronomy4.1%
- Academic Writing and PublishingArts and Humanities4.1%
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
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.33OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,019Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 259 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 63 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 91 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 98 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 | 144 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 102 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 133 |
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 1 weekLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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 | USD 800 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 800 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 800 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 800 | — | — |
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 websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access Publishing Agreement
By submitting my manuscript to the ScienceOpen Research published by ScienceOpen GmbH (hereafter the ‘Publisher’), I herewith grant permission to the Publisher to publish my article upon editorial acceptance under the following publishing agreement.
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
- ScienceOpen
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2199-1006
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ScienceOpen Research
How long does peer review take at ScienceOpen Research?
Authors report an average review time of about 1 week. 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 ScienceOpen Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ScienceOpen Research is indexed in DOAJ.
Is ScienceOpen Research open access, and what is the APC?
ScienceOpen Research is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 800.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .