Journal profile · Toxicology
Toxicology Letters
ISSN 0378-4274 · eISSN 1879-3169 · Elsevier BV · IRELAND · Semimonthly · Founded 1977
Toxicology Letters: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.07; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,270; median 99 days to acceptance (103 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 37.5%; 1,289 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Toxicology Letters is published by Elsevier BV and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment, Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals and Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity, together about 27.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Toxicology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity AssessmentBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.1%
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicalsEnvironmental Science8.8%
- Pesticide Exposure and ToxicityAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.9%
- Heavy Metal Exposure and ToxicityEnvironmental Science6.1%
- Toxic Organic Pollutants ImpactEnvironmental Science4.9%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science4.7%
- Animal testing and alternativesVeterinary4.7%
- Pharmacogenetics and Drug MetabolismPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
- 3.07LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 129LetPub ·
- h-index
- 196OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8,012OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.47OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.47%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 182LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 32,892 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,174 | 76 | 74 |
| 2025 | 1,289 | 193 | 709 |
| 2024 | 1,062 | 143 | 871 |
| 2023 | 934 | 91 | 1,399 |
| 2022 | 903 | 98 | 1,997 |
| 2021 | 832 | 90 | 3,688 |
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
99 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 71 days – 136 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 2 days (103 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 102 days
- Sample
- 103 articles with submission and acceptance dates (356 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 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 37.5%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
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 4,270 / EUR 3,990 / GBP 3,420 / JPY 529,610 | — | — |
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 BV
- Country or region
- IRELAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semimonthly
- Founded
- 1977
- ISSN
- 0378-4274
- Electronic ISSN
- 1879-3169
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Toxicology Letters
What CAS zone is Toxicology Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Toxicology Letters is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Toxicology. 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 Toxicology Letters?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.07; CiteScore 5, h-index 196.
How long does peer review take at Toxicology Letters?
Based on the dates recorded on 103 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 99 days (interquartile range 71–136 days); authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “about 37.5%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10%. 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 Toxicology Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Toxicology Letters is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Toxicology Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Toxicology Letters is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,270.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .