Journal profile · Health Professions-Health Professions (miscellaneous)
Torture
ISSN 1018-8185 · eISSN 1997-3322 · International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims · Denmark
Torture: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 128 days to acceptance (37 articles, last 24 months); 32 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Torture is published by International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Torture, Ethics, and Law, Migration, Health and Trauma and Memory, violence, and history, together about 52.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
There is growing awareness of the need to explore optimal remedies to restore the physical, psychological and social well-being of torture victims. The Torture Journal is intended to provide a multidisciplinary forum for the exchange of original research among professionals concerned with the biomedical, psychological and social interface of torture.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Health Professions-Health Professions (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Berta SoleyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Norway 3, Canada 2, Israel 2, United States 1, Spain 1 (12 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Torture, Ethics, and LawSocial Sciences30%
- Migration, Health and TraumaPsychology11.5%
- Memory, violence, and historyPsychology11%
- International Law and Human RightsSocial Sciences7.5%
- Restraint-Related DeathsMedicine7.4%
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchPsychology5.4%
- Deception detection and forensic psychologyPsychology3.6%
- War, Law, and JusticeSocial Sciences3.3%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Professions (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 48/101 | 52nd |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 441/744 | 40th |
| Rehabilitation | Q3 | 125/172 | 27th |
| Health (social science) | Q3 | 288/387 | 25th |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | Q4 | 559/725 | 22nd |
| Clinical Psychology | Q4 | 244/314 | 22nd |
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | Q4 | 472/580 | 18th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.76OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 403 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 26 | 130 |
| 2025 | 32 | 32 | 180 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 192 |
| 2023 | 34 | 34 | 181 |
| 2022 | 36 | 36 | 136 |
| 2021 | 47 | 47 | 165 |
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
128 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 71 days – 200 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 22 days (37 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 149 days
- Sample
- 37 articles with submission and acceptance dates (0 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 34 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 34 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
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-NC-ND | |
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship Authorship of the Paper
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Access and Retention
Authors are asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data (consistent with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if practicable, and should, in any event, be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Manuscripts undergo an initial in-house assessment, at which point, some manuscripts will be rejected as they do not fall within the scope of the Torture journal, for example. The Torture Journal operates a double-blind peer-review process which means that the manuscript, after a successful initial assessment, will be reviewed by two peer reviewers anonymously. The editors of Torture identify revi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Originality and Plagiarism
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.
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
- International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
- Country or region
- Denmark
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1018-8185
- Electronic ISSN
- 1997-3322
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Torture
How long does peer review take at Torture?
Based on the dates recorded on 37 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 128 days (interquartile range 71–200 days); authors report an average review time of about 34 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 Torture based?
Of the 12 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Norway (3), Canada (2) and Israel (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Torture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Torture is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Torture open access, and what is the APC?
Torture 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .