Journal profile · Multidisciplinary Sciences
SCIENTIST
ISSN 0890-3670 · LABX MEDIA GROUP · UNITED STATES · Semimonthly · Founded 1986
SCIENTIST: impact factor 0.03; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and SSCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
SCIENTIST is published by LABX MEDIA GROUP. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Research, Science, and Academia, Academic Publishing and Open Access and Health and Medical Research Impacts, together about 41.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are History and Philosophy of Science and Information Systems and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multidisciplinary Sciences
Editor-in-chief Let Go ThenPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Research, Science, and AcademiaDecision Sciences23.3%
- Academic Publishing and Open AccessDecision Sciences11.3%
- Health and Medical Research ImpactsMedicine6.7%
- Science and Science EducationSocial Sciences6.3%
- Interdisciplinary Research and CollaborationDecision Sciences5.4%
- History of Science and MedicineArts and Humanities5%
- Publishing and Scholarly CommunicationArts and Humanities4.6%
- Science Education and PedagogySocial Sciences3.8%
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)Multidisciplinary Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Multidisciplinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCILetPub
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
- 0.03LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.03LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 175 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- LABX MEDIA GROUP
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semimonthly
- Founded
- 1986
- ISSN
- 0890-3670
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about SCIENTIST
What is the impact factor of SCIENTIST?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.03; CiteScore 0.03, h-index 9.
How long does peer review take at SCIENTIST?
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.
Which databases index SCIENTIST?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, SCIENTIST is indexed in SCIE and SSCI.
Is SCIENTIST open access, and what is the APC?
SCIENTIST is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .