Journal profile · UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY
Sexual Medicine Reviews
ISSN 2050-0513 · eISSN 2050-0521 · ELSEVIER · ENGLAND
Sexual Medicine Reviews: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.95; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,550; median 129 days to acceptance (102 articles, last 24 months); 80 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sexual Medicine Reviews is published by ELSEVIER and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sexual function and dysfunction studies, Genital Health and Disease and Hormonal and reproductive studies, together about 49.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sexual function and dysfunction studiesMedicine32.1%
- Genital Health and DiseaseMedicine9.3%
- Hormonal and reproductive studiesMedicine8%
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate ResearchMedicine6.1%
- Sexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyPsychology5.2%
- Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting IssuesMedicine4.7%
- Menopause: Health Impacts and TreatmentsMedicine4.5%
- Pelvic floor disorders treatmentsMedicine3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Urology & Nephrology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 2.95LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 430OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.65OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 25%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 63LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 894 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 71 | 23 | 24 |
| 2025 | 80 | 37 | 303 |
| 2024 | 79 | 22 | 512 |
| 2023 | 63 | 13 | 610 |
| 2022 | 52 | 12 | 622 |
| 2021 | 61 | 8 | 1,113 |
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 PubMed · to
129 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 83 days – 203 days
- Acceptance to online
- —
- Submission to online
- —
- Sample
- 102 articles with submission and acceptance dates (166 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".
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,550 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2050-0513
- Electronic ISSN
- 2050-0521
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sexual Medicine Reviews
What CAS zone is Sexual Medicine Reviews in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Sexual Medicine Reviews is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Urology & Nephrology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Sexual Medicine Reviews?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.95; CiteScore 6.4, h-index 66.
How long does peer review take at Sexual Medicine Reviews?
Based on the dates recorded on 102 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 129 days (interquartile range 83–203 days). 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 Sexual Medicine Reviews?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sexual Medicine Reviews is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Sexual Medicine Reviews open access, and what is the APC?
Sexual Medicine Reviews is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,550.
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: .