Journal profile · Hematology
Transfusion Medicine
ISSN 0958-7578 · eISSN 1365-3148 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1991
Transfusion Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.33; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,700; median 161 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 107 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Transfusion Medicine is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd 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 Blood groups and transfusion, Blood transfusion and management and Blood donation and transfusion practices, together about 46.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Transfusion Medicine publishes articles on transfusion medicine in its widest context, including blood transfusion practice (blood procurement, pharmaceutical, clinical, scientific, computing and documentary aspects), immunohaematology, immunogenetics, histocompatibility, medico-legal applications, and related molecular biology and biotechnology. In addition to original articles, which may include brief communications and case reports, the journal contains a regular educational section (based on invited reviews and state-of-the-art reports), technical section (including quality assurance and current practice guidelines), leading articles, letters to the editor, occasional historical articles and signed book reviews. Some lectures from Society meetings that are likely to be of general interest to readers of the Journal may be published at the discretion of the Editor and subject to the availability of space in the Journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Hematology
Editor-in-chief David Roberts OxfordPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 15, Australia 3, United States 2, Netherlands 2, Germany 1 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Blood groups and transfusionMedicine17.2%
- Blood transfusion and managementMedicine16.4%
- Blood donation and transfusion practicesBusiness, Management and Accounting13%
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersMedicine7.5%
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, ResuscitationMedicine6.2%
- Platelet Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine5.9%
- Erythrocyte Function and PathophysiologyMedicine4.6%
- Blood disorders and treatmentsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4%
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 | Hematology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Hematology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Hematology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO
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
- 1.33LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- h-index
- 55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 83OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,099OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 36.04%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 82LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 88Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 228,022Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,301 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 69 | 33 | 4 |
| 2025 | 107 | 66 | 111 |
| 2024 | 103 | 56 | 166 |
| 2023 | 113 | 49 | 233 |
| 2022 | 108 | 38 | 402 |
| 2021 | 126 | 25 | 544 |
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
161 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 121 days – 223 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 189 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (187 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 41%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 41%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 50 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 50 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 167 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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 3,700 / EUR 3,070 / GBP 2,500 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- letter to the editorThese may include case reports, do not require abstracts, should be no more than 1200 words and must contain no more than one figure or table and no more than t…main text ≤ 1,200 words · abstract ≤ 1200 words
- original articleShould contain a structured abstract of no more than 250 words rather than a summary with the following headings: Objectives; Background; Methods/Materials; Res…main text ≤ 250 words · abstract ≤ 250 words · references ≤ 60
- review articleand no more than three tables/figures. Review Articles Review Articles should be no more than 6000 words and contain no more than 60 references and no more than…main text ≤ 6,000 words · references ≤ 60
- short communicationShould contain a structured abstract of no more than 200 words rather than a summary with the following headings: Objectives; Background; Methods/Materials; Res…main text ≤ 200 words · abstract ≤ 200 words · references ≤ 25
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Open access, Preprints
- Conflicts of interest DISCLOSURE AND COMPETING INTERESTS STATEMENTS
Authors are required to disclose financial interests in any company or institution that might benefit from their publication. A competing interest exists when a primary interest (such as patients’ welfare or the validity of research) might be influenced by a secondary interest (such as financial gain or personal rivalry). It may arise for the authors of a Transfusion Medicine article when they hav…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access For authors choosing Open Access
Open Access is available to authors of primary research articles who wish to make their article available to non-subscribers on publication, or whose funding agency requires grantees to archive the final version of their article. With the author, the author's funding agency, or the author's institution pays a fee to ensure that the article is made available to non-subscribers upon publication via …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint policy:
Transfusion Medicine will consider for review articles previously available as preprints on non-commercial servers (such as ArXiv, bioRxiv, HAL, etc…). Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to non-commercial servers at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article. Authors must declare self-archival of the ma…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1991
- ISSN
- 0958-7578
- Electronic ISSN
- 1365-3148
- Society / sponsor
- British Blood Transfusion Society
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Transfusion Medicine
What CAS zone is Transfusion Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Transfusion Medicine is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Hematology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Transfusion Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.33; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 83.
How long does peer review take at Transfusion Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 161 days (interquartile range 121–223 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 41% (2025). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Transfusion Medicine?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Transfusion Medicine based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (15), Australia (3) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Transfusion Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Transfusion Medicine is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Transfusion Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Transfusion Medicine is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,700.
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: .