Journal profile · Immunology
Trends in Immunology
ISSN 1471-4906 · eISSN 1471-4981 · Elsevier Ltd · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 2001
Trends in Immunology: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 13.07; hybrid open access; APC about USD 7,030; median 59 days to acceptance (85 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: mostly invited papers; 140 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Trends in Immunology is published by Elsevier Ltd and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Immune Cell Function and Interaction, T-cell and B-cell Immunology and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, together about 43.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Immunology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Trends in Immunology plays an essential role in monitoring advances in the various fields of immunology, bringing together the results in a readable and lucid form. The backbone of each issue is a series of succinct reviews and hypothesis-driven viewpoints. Together with the other sections of the magazine they give the reader a complete picture of the diverse field of immunology. This broad perspective makes Trends in Immunology an invaluable information source for researchers, lecturers and students alike. Trends in Immunology helps to link developments in basic and clinical immunology, and is now established as one of the top-ranked monthly review journal in its field, according to ISI's science citation index for immunology journals.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Immunology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Immune Cell Function and InteractionImmunology and Microbiology17.6%
- T-cell and B-cell ImmunologyImmunology and Microbiology15.5%
- Immunotherapy and Immune ResponsesImmunology and Microbiology10.8%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.7%
- Immune Response and InflammationImmunology and Microbiology6.2%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.8%
- Immune cells in cancerImmunology and Microbiology3.7%
- CAR-T cell therapy researchMedicine3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Immunology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Immunology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Immunology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
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
- 13.07LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 13.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 24.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 24.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 209LetPub ·
- h-index
- 279OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,103OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.15OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.06%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 49LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,354 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 122 | 39 | 101 |
| 2025 | 140 | 70 | 807 |
| 2024 | 139 | 71 | 1,960 |
| 2023 | 133 | 85 | 3,263 |
| 2022 | 132 | 79 | 5,783 |
| 2021 | 137 | 79 | 5,960 |
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
59 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 41 days – 82 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 22 days (85 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 84 days
- Sample
- 85 articles with submission and acceptance dates (251 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)
- Mostly invited papersLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 47 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 7,030 / EUR 6,510 / GBP 5,630 / JPY 871,930 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 7,030 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access
Article Publishing Charge (APC): USD 7,030 (excluding taxes). The amount you pay may be reduced during submission if applicable.
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
- Elsevier Ltd
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2001
- ISSN
- 1471-4906
- Electronic ISSN
- 1471-4981
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Trends in Immunology
What CAS zone is Trends in Immunology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Trends in Immunology is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Immunology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Trends in Immunology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 13.07; CiteScore 24.5, h-index 279.
How long does peer review take at Trends in Immunology?
Based on the dates recorded on 85 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 59 days (interquartile range 41–82 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Mostly invited papers”. 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 Trends in Immunology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Trends in Immunology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Trends in Immunology open access, and what is the APC?
Trends in Immunology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 7,030.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .