Journal profile · Immunology
Transplantation Proceedings
ISSN 0041-1345 · eISSN 1873-2623 · Elsevier USA · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1969
Transplantation Proceedings: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.78; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,390; median 147 days to acceptance (116 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 346 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Transplantation Proceedings is published by Elsevier USA 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 48.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Immunology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and TreatmentsMedicine19.6%
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesMedicine18.8%
- Organ Donation and TransplantationMedicine9.7%
- Transplantation: Methods and OutcomesMedicine8.2%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine7.7%
- Renal and Vascular PathologiesMedicine4.2%
- Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus researchMedicine2.6%
- Pancreatic function and diabetesMedicine2.6%
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 | Immunology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Transplantation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Immunology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Transplantation | 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 | Immunology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Transplantation | 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
- 0.78LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77LetPub ·
- h-index
- 104OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10,996OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.92OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 16.53%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 308LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 28,973 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 337 | 87 | 34 |
| 2025 | 346 | 68 | 273 |
| 2024 | 437 | 144 | 726 |
| 2023 | 465 | 138 | 1,256 |
| 2022 | 549 | 188 | 1,899 |
| 2021 | 457 | 116 | 2,122 |
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
147 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 103 days – 172 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 33 days (116 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 180 days
- Sample
- 116 articles with submission and acceptance dates (701 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)
- 2–3 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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 3,390 / EUR 3,170 / GBP 2,710 / JPY 420,460 | — | — |
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 USA
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1969
- ISSN
- 0041-1345
- Electronic ISSN
- 1873-2623
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Transplantation Proceedings
What CAS zone is Transplantation Proceedings in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Transplantation Proceedings is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Immunology / Surgery / 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 Proceedings?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.78; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 104.
How long does peer review take at Transplantation Proceedings?
Based on the dates recorded on 116 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 147 days (interquartile range 103–172 days); authors report an average review time of 2–3 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Transplantation Proceedings?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Transplantation Proceedings is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Transplantation Proceedings open access, and what is the APC?
Transplantation Proceedings is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,390.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .