Journal profile
The ReScience Journal
ISSN 2430-3658 · Nicolas P. Rougier · France
The ReScience Journal: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports).
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ReScience C is a platinum open-access peer-reviewed journal that targets computational research and encourages the explicit replication of already published research, promoting new and open-source implementations in order to ensure that the original research is reproducible.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Olivia GuestPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named France 5, United States 4, Canada 2, United Kingdom 1, Germany 1 (15 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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
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 | |
| 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)
Article types accepted1
- replicationtype = {Replication}Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteCode availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Code availability
Code and materials made available on GitHub Model summary
each new implementation of a computational study is made available together with comments, explanations and tests
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license applied to all published works. Model summary
ReScience C applies the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license to all works it publishes.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Platinum open access Model summary
ReScience C applies the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license to all works it publishes. Under the CC BY license, authors retain ownership of the copyright for their article, but authors allow anyone to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute, and/or copy articles in ReScience C journal, so long as the original authors and source are cited. No permission is required from the authors or…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Open peer review on GitHub Model summary
ReScience C lives on GitHub where each new implementation of a computational study is made available together with comments, explanations and tests.
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
- Nicolas P. Rougier
- Country or region
- France
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2430-3658
- 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 The ReScience Journal
How long does peer review take at The ReScience Journal?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of The ReScience Journal based?
Of the 15 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are France (5), United States (4) and Canada (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index The ReScience Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, The ReScience Journal is indexed in DOAJ.
Is The ReScience Journal open access, and what is the APC?
The ReScience Journal 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: .