Journal profile · Medicine-Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Thyroid Research
ISSN 1756-6614 · Springer Nature · United Kingdom
Thyroid Research: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.8 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,890; median 122 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); 61 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Thyroid Research is published by Springer Nature and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Thyroid Disorders and Treatments, Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery, together about 70.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Thyroid Research is an online journal that aims to present the newest knowledge related to thyroid hormones, thyroid diseases and any related fields. The journal’s regular readership includes researchers, clinicians and healthcare providers across the world. Thyroid Research encompasses a wide range of thyroidology topics including, diagnosis, pharmacological and other treatment methods, invasive treatment, physiological mechanisms of thyroid hormone action and regulation, immunological aspects, genetics, new guidelines in disease management, thyroid related diseases and complications.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Editor-in-chief Simone de LeoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 10, United Kingdom 9, Poland 6, Netherlands 3, Denmark 3 (45 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Thyroid Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine30.2%
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine29.3%
- Thyroid and Parathyroid SurgeryMedicine10.8%
- Ophthalmology and Eye DisordersMedicine4.7%
- Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth FactorsMedicine3%
- Head and Neck AnomaliesMedicine3%
- Pituitary Gland Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine2.4%
- Vitamin D Research StudiesMedicine2.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbaseCASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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 (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.08LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 187OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.7OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 59LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 452,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 511 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 36 | 15 |
| 2025 | 61 | 61 | 156 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | 164 |
| 2023 | 43 | 43 | 339 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | 204 |
| 2021 | 27 | 27 | 397 |
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 Crossref · to
122 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 87 days – 161 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 32 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 155 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (101 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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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 | EUR 2,490 / USD 2,890 / GBP 2,190 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,790 / EUR 2,390 / GBP 2,090 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,990 / USD 2,690 / EUR 2,290 | Yes | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
- Graves’ disease across the agesDeadline
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
- Springer Nature
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1756-6614
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- 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 Thyroid Research
What CAS zone is Thyroid Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Thyroid Research is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Endocrinology & Metabolism. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Thyroid Research?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3, h-index 39.
How long does peer review take at Thyroid Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 122 days (interquartile range 87–161 days); authors report an average review time of about 8 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 Thyroid Research based?
Of the 45 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (10), United Kingdom (9) and Poland (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Thyroid Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Thyroid Research is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Embase and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Thyroid Research open access, and what is the APC?
Thyroid Research is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,890.
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: .