Journal profile · CHEMISTRY, PHYSICALPHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECU-PHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR & CHEMICAL
Structural Dynamics-US
ISSN 2329-7778 · AAPM - American Association of Physicists in Medicine · UNITED STATES
Structural Dynamics-US: CAS Zone 3 · Physics & Astronomy (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.84; fully open access; APC about USD 2,750; median 72 days to acceptance (78 articles, last 24 months); 857 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Structural Dynamics-US is published by AAPM - American Association of Physicists in Medicine and is in Zone 3 of Physics & Astronomy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Enzyme Structure and Function and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques, together about 30.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Structural Dynamics focuses on recent developments in experimental and theoretical methods and techniques that explore electronic and geometric structure as well as the changes of chemical, biological, and condensed-matter systems over time. The community of scientists and engineers working on either structure or dynamics may work across diverse systems, but often share similar instrumentation and methods. Hence, the journal seeks to create connections across a variety of fields of study and also to support communications between these cultures. Structural Dynamics (SDY) is co-published by AIP Publishing and the ACA: The Structural Science Society, and it publishes articles from a global community of researchers that advance and promote crystallography and structural science.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CHEMISTRY, PHYSICALPHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECU-PHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR & CHEMICAL
Editor-in-chief Mark A. WilsonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.7%
- Enzyme Structure and FunctionMaterials Science11.3%
- Advanced X-ray Imaging TechniquesPhysics and Astronomy8%
- Protein Structure and DynamicsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.4%
- Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy TechniquesMaterials Science5.2%
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesPhysics and Astronomy4.5%
- X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence AnalysisPhysics and Astronomy4.3%
- Structural Health Monitoring TechniquesEngineering4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Physics & Astronomy Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Physics & Astronomy Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Physics & Astronomy Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Physical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.84LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 290OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.49OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 17.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 51LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,671 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| 2025 | 857 | 857 | 161 |
| 2024 | 63 | 63 | 300 |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | 289 |
| 2022 | 109 | 109 | 321 |
| 2021 | 65 | 65 | 488 |
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
72 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 49 days – 103 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (78 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 92 days
- Sample
- 78 articles with submission and acceptance dates (84 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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,750 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,200 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,200 | Yes | — |
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
- AAPM - American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2329-7778
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13, Issue 4 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- 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 Structural Dynamics-US
What CAS zone is Structural Dynamics-US in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Structural Dynamics-US is in Zone 3 of Physics & Astronomy, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Physics & Astronomy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Structural Dynamics-US?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.84; CiteScore 3.5, h-index 48.
How long does peer review take at Structural Dynamics-US?
Based on the dates recorded on 78 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 72 days (interquartile range 49–103 days); authors report an average review time of about 16 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 Structural Dynamics-US?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Structural Dynamics-US is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Structural Dynamics-US open access, and what is the APC?
Structural Dynamics-US is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,750.
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: .