Journal profile · Multidisciplinary-Multidisciplinary
WikiJournal of Science
ISSN 2470-6345 · WikiJournal User Group · United States
WikiJournal of Science: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 1 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
WikiJournal of Science is published by WikiJournal User Group. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Evolution and Paleontology Studies and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, together about 19.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
WikiJournal of Science is an open-access, free-to-publish, Wikipedia-integrated academic journal for science, mathematics, engineering and technology topics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multidisciplinary-Multidisciplinary
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Canada 2, United States 1, France 1, Australia 1, New Zealand 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEarth and Planetary Sciences8.5%
- Evolution and Paleontology StudiesEarth and Planetary Sciences6.4%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences4.3%
- Protein Structure and DynamicsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.3%
- Avian ecology and behaviorEnvironmental Science4.3%
- Animal Behavior and ReproductionAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.3%
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science4.3%
- Geometric and Algebraic TopologyMathematics4.3%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multidisciplinary | Q4 | 206/223 | 7th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Dimensions, Crossref, Informit, Worldcat, AltMetric, ROAD, Electronic Journals Library, Scholia (via WikiData)
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.33OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 48 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 29 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 48 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 43 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
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)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Post-publication peer review, Open peer review, Double 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY, CC BY-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted6
- encyclopedia reviewsEncyclopedia reviews are broad summaries that cover an entire topic, are written in an encyclopaedic tone, and follow Wikipedia's appropriate sources. Articles …Length not stated
- focus reviewsFocus reviews describe a narrow topic in detail, drawing together and summarising published information. Sections of these may be integrated into relevant secti…Length not stated
- multimedia reviewsMultimedia reviews are short articles centred around one or more key figures. This can be medical photography, imaging, a diagram, schematic, video, or animatio…Length not stated
- original researchOriginal research on any scientific topic can be submitted. Such papers follow the standard Introduction, Results, Discussion, Methods format, with any relevant…Length not stated
- review articleFocused Focus reviews describe a narrow topic in detail, drawing together and summarising published information. Sections of these may be integrated into releva…Length not stated
- review articlesThe journal publishes both review articles and original research in various formats.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship disputes
Authors hold copyright and publishing rights. Model summary
Discussions regarding which people to include in the author list of a work, and in which order, should be handled among the contributors and be based on facts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Competing interests
Concurrent submission to other journals requires explicit written consent from the other publisher. Model summary
Conflicts of interest includes any payment or services from a commercial, private or governmental third party (e.g. grants, data monitoring boards, study design, manuscript preparation, or statistical analysis). For grants received for work outside the submitted work, disclosure is only required for entities that could be perceived to be affected financially by the published work, such as drug com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Default license CC BY 4.0; CC BY-SA 4.0 for Wikipedia-derived content; other compatible open licenses on request. Model summary
Articles are published by default as CC BY 4.0. Articles that incorporate significant content from Wikipedia are published CC BY-SA 4.0. Authors may request compatible open access licenses (e.g. CC0 or GNU 1.2).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access under a free Creative Commons or similar license. Model summary
All of our published articles are openly accessible under a free Creative Commons or similar license
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review required before editorial board acceptance. Model summary
Peer review is required before a work is considered for accepted into the journal by the editorial board.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Originality of publication and plagiarism
The work must not contain plagiarised material of any kind. This includes:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints and postprints
Preprint sharing permitted and encouraged before, during, and after submission. Model summary
WikiJournal of Science permits and encourages authors to share their works via any preprint servers (including the WikiJournal Preprint server) before, during and after submission to the journal. Similarly material previously published under a compatible license is admissible (see the Copyright and licensing section). For these purposes, Wikipedia is considered a preprint server, and content first…
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
- WikiJournal User Group
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2470-6345
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about WikiJournal of Science
How long does peer review take at WikiJournal of Science?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
Where are the editorial board members of WikiJournal of Science based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Canada (2), United States (1) and France (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index WikiJournal of Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, WikiJournal of Science is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is WikiJournal of Science open access, and what is the APC?
WikiJournal of Science is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .