Journal profile · Cell Biology
Traffic
ISSN 1398-9219 · eISSN 1600-0854 · Blackwell Munksgaard · DENMARK · Monthly · Founded 2000
Traffic: CAS Zone 3 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.7; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,650; median 139 days to acceptance (47 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 33 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Traffic is published by Blackwell Munksgaard and is in Zone 3 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cellular transport and secretion, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease, together about 44.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Physiology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Traffic is a cell biology and biochemistry journal devoted to intracellular transport, covering subcellular trafficking, membrane dynamics, organelle function & more.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Cell Biology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cellular transport and secretionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology29.2%
- Lipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.3%
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and DiseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.1%
- Microtubule and mitosis dynamicsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.3%
- Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolismBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.9%
- Erythrocyte Function and PathophysiologyMedicine3.7%
- RNA Research and SplicingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.4%
- Retinal Development and DisordersBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Cell Biology | Zone 4 |
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
- 2.7LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- h-index
- 119LetPub ·
- h-index
- 177OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,193OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 57.89%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,058 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 17 | 1 |
| 2025 | 33 | 20 | 71 |
| 2024 | 43 | 26 | 162 |
| 2023 | 58 | 41 | 313 |
| 2022 | 59 | 34 | 658 |
| 2021 | 59 | 30 | 940 |
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
139 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 99 days – 193 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (47 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 153 days
- Sample
- 47 articles with submission and acceptance dates (59 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 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 28%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 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 4,650 / EUR 3,920 / GBP 3,120 | — | — |
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
- Blackwell Munksgaard
- Country or region
- DENMARK
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2000
- ISSN
- 1398-9219
- Electronic ISSN
- 1600-0854
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 27, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Traffic
What CAS zone is Traffic in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Traffic is in Zone 3 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Cell Biology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Traffic?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.7; CiteScore 5.6, h-index 177.
How long does peer review take at Traffic?
Based on the dates recorded on 47 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 139 days (interquartile range 99–193 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 28%. 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 Traffic?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Traffic is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Traffic open access, and what is the APC?
Traffic is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,650.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .