Journal profile · AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
Trends in Amplification
ISSN 1084-7138 · UNITED STATES
Trends in Amplification: impact factor 3.4 (journal website); subscription journal; APC about USD 3,200; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 3 articles a year.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, Trends in Amplification's largest topics are Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Noise Effects and Management and Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics, together about 59.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Trends in Hearing (Trends) is a peer-reviewed open access journal which focuses on publishing original research and reviews focusing on human hearing, hearing loss, hearing aids, auditory implants, and aural rehabilitation. View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hearing Loss and RehabilitationNeuroscience29.6%
- Noise Effects and ManagementHealth Professions15.6%
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, GeneticsNeuroscience14%
- Speech and Audio ProcessingComputer Science7.5%
- Qualitative Research Methods and EthicsSocial Sciences4.1%
- Ear Surgery and Otitis MediaMedicine3.6%
- Occupational Therapy Practice and ResearchHealth Professions3.4%
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsPsychology3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
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 (publisher)
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 155OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 33.2%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | USD 3,200 | — | — |
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
- Keywords
- ≥ 2
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted17
- brief communicationView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. The main article types are Research Articles, Review Articles and Perspectives. Other types may be…Length not stated
- correspondenceView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. The main article types are Research Articles, Review Articles and Perspectives. Other types may be…Length not stated
- letterView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. The main article types are Research Articles, Review Articles and Perspectives. Other types may be…Length not stated
- letter to the editorView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. The main article types are Research Articles, Review Articles and Perspectives. Other types may be…Length not stated
- letters to the editorView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. The main article types are Research Articles, Review Articles and Perspectives. Other types may be…Length not stated
- letters to the editor / correspondencesLetters to the Editor / Correspondences are acceptable as long as they follow these guidelines:Length not stated
- perspectiveView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. The main article types are Research Articles, Review Articles and Perspectives. Other types may be…Length not stated
- perspectivesThe main article types are Research Articles, Review Articles and Perspectives.Length not stated
- protocolView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. The main article types are Research Articles, Review Articles and Perspectives. Other types may be…Length not stated
- registered reportView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. The main article types are Research Articles, Review Articles and Perspectives. Other types may be…Length not stated
- registered reports – post-dataRegistered Reports – Post-Data, i.e., before already existing data have been examined and analysedLength not stated
- registered reports – pre-dataThere are two types of Registered Reports: Registered Reports – Pre-Data, i.e., before any data have been gatheredLength not stated
- research articleView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. The main article types are Research Articles, Review Articles and Perspectives. Other types may be…Length not stated
- research articlesThe main article types are Research Articles, Review Articles and Perspectives.Length not stated
- review articleView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. The main article types are Research Articles, Review Articles and Perspectives. Other types may be…Length not stated
- review articlesThe main article types are Research Articles, Review Articles and Perspectives.Length not stated
- viewpointView our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. The main article types are Research Articles, Review Articles and Perspectives. Other types may be…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
COPE member Model summary
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Trends in Hearing is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable to cover the cost of publishing, paid by the funder,…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- ISSN
- 1084-7138
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Trends in Amplification
What is the impact factor of Trends in Amplification?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.4; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 66.
How long does peer review take at Trends in Amplification?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 33.2%. 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 Trends in Amplification?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 2; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. 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.
Is Trends in Amplification open access, and what is the APC?
Trends in Amplification is a subscription journal. APC about USD 3,200.
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: .