Journal metrics overview
This page provides journal profiles, turnaround times, citation distributions, and journal metrics for the Science family of journals and is updated on an annual basis. AAAS, the publisher of the Science family of journals, is a signatory of DORA and believes that a range of metrics should be used to evaluate journal quality.
Journal profiles
The data below refers to full year 2020 and includes article types “research articles,” “reports,” and “research resources.” It does not include “reviews.” Scroll in table to see additional columns.
- Submissions – The number of manuscripts submitted by journal, excluding withdrawn and duplicate manuscripts.
- Review Rate – The percentage of manuscripts externally reviewed by journal.
- Accept Rate – The percentage of manuscripts accepted by journal, calculated by dividing the number of manuscripts with an accept decision by the total number of manuscripts with a final decision.
Journal turnaround times
The turnaround times listed below include full year 2020 medians for each title in the Science family of journals. These turnaround times refer to research content only, and include article types “research articles,” “reports,” and “research resources.” It does not include “reviews.” Scroll in table to see additional columns.
- Submission to 1st Decision (Days) – The median time from when a submission is received to when editors decide to either send a manuscript to review or to notify the authors that a manuscript was rejected.
- Submission to 1st Post-Review Decision (Days) – The median time from when a submission is received to when, following external review, editors send a decision to authors about whether a manuscript was sent back for revision or was rejected.
- Submission to Acceptance (Days) – The median time from when a submission is received to when a manuscript is accepted.
- Accept to Publish (Days) – The median time from when a manuscript is accepted to when it is published online.
Citation distributions
The distribution of citations below shows citations in full year 2019 to article types “research articles,” “reports,” and “research resources” published in 2017 and 2018, based on Web of Science data.
Journal metrics
The journal metrics listed below originate from third-party services Web of Science and SCOPUS. Metrics data is current as of October 2020. Scroll in table to see additional columns.
Sources: 1Web of Science; 2Scopus