Journal profile · TRANSPLANTATION
Transplantation Direct
ISSN 2373-8731 · Wolters Kluwer · United States
Transplantation Direct: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.2 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,200; median 87 days to acceptance (28 articles, last 24 months); 148 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Transplantation Direct is published by Wolters Kluwer 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 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes and Organ Donation and Transplantation, together about 51.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): TRANSPLANTATION
Editor-in-chief Stefan G. TulliusPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and TreatmentsMedicine23.2%
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesMedicine17.2%
- Organ Donation and TransplantationMedicine11.3%
- Transplantation: Methods and OutcomesMedicine10.4%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine7.5%
- Renal and Vascular PathologiesMedicine3%
- Organ and Tissue Transplantation ResearchMedicine2.6%
- Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus researchMedicine2.3%
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 | Transplantation | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Transplantation | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · TRANSPLANTATION · rank 14/30
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PMCPublisher website
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)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 507OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.77%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 135LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 22Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,483 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 102 | 102 | 28 |
| 2025 | 148 | 148 | 324 |
| 2024 | 176 | 176 | 735 |
| 2023 | 142 | 142 | 996 |
| 2022 | 153 | 153 | 1,243 |
| 2021 | 175 | 175 | 2,047 |
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
87 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 46 days – 114 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 61 days (28 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 153 days
- Sample
- 28 articles with submission and acceptance dates (290 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 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 | USD 2,200 | No | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,200 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,200 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access with Creative Commons license Model summary
All articles published in Transplantation Direct are open access. Articles are freely available to read, download, and share from the time of publication. Licensing restrictions are limited by use of a Creative Commons license.
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
- Wolters Kluwer
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2373-8731
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Transplantation Direct
What CAS zone is Transplantation Direct in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Transplantation Direct is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Transplantation. 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 Transplantation Direct?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.6, h-index 44.
How long does peer review take at Transplantation Direct?
Based on the dates recorded on 28 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 87 days (interquartile range 46–114 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.
What JCR quartile is Transplantation Direct in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2; by category, TRANSPLANTATION Q2 (14/30). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Transplantation Direct?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Transplantation Direct is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Transplantation Direct open access, and what is the APC?
Transplantation Direct is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,200.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .