PeerJ

Our open access journals

PeerJ

Covering life, biology, medicine, and environmental sciences

3-year citation distribution 30 Days to First Decision

95th pct. – 21 cites

75th pct. – 9 cites

Median – 5 cites

25th pct. – 3 cites

* 3-year distribution is calculated from articles published between 30 and 36 months ago.

* 2-year JCR Impact Factor is 2.38. Read about responsible usage of the Impact Factor.

PeerJ Computer Science

Covering all subject areas in computer science

3-year citation distribution 35 Days to First Decision

95th pct. – 24.6 cites

75th pct. – 3 cites

Median – 2 cites

25th pct. – 1 cite

* 3-year distribution is calculated from articles published between 30 and 36 months ago.

* 2-year JCR Impact Factor is 3.09. Read about responsible usage of the Impact Factor.

Chemistry

Five open access journals dedicated to advancing chemistry

Articles • Editors

Recently cited

RIdeogram: drawing SVG graphics to visualize and map genome-wide data on the idiograms

Bioinformatics Data Science Graphics Visual Analytics

31 citations · 3,599 views · 871 downloads

Uncovering the species diversity of subterranean rodents at the end of the World: three new species of Patagonian tuco-tucos (Rodentia, Hystricomorpha, Ctenomys)

Biodiversity Genetics Taxonomy Zoology

9 citations · 1,864 views · 297 downloads

The impact of artificial intelligence in medicine on the future role of the physician

Ophthalmology Radiology and Medical Imaging Human–Computer Interaction Data Mining and Machine Learning Data Science

29 citations · 5,871 views · 1,314 downloads

Air transportation, population density and temperature predict the spread of COVID-19 in Brazil

Biogeography Ecology Epidemiology Science and Medical Education

23 citations · 3,740 views · 750 downloads

Genome-wide investigation and transcriptional analysis of cytosine-5 DNA methyltransferase and DNA demethylase gene families in tea plant (Camellia sinensis) under abiotic stress and withering processing

Genomics Plant Science

7 citations · 1,210 views · 481 downloads

Sarcopenia in male patients with head and neck cancer receiving chemoradiotherapy: a longitudinal pilot study

Clinical Trials Epidemiology Kinesiology Oncology Otorhinolaryngology

4 citations · 967 views · 269 downloads

A multiplex centrality metric for complex social networks: sex, social status, and family structure predict multiplex centrality in rhesus macaques

Animal Behavior Zoology Computational Science

5 citations · 1,470 views · 455 downloads

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More about PeerJ's journals

If you value thoughtful, constructive, rigorous review and want to publish quickly, our Journal Overview will help you assess if PeerJ is the right publisher for your research team.

Indexed

Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports, PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, ++

Prestigious
Editorial Board

Highly-qualified editors and advisors including 5 Nobel laureates

High-Impact Research

From the world's top institutions and academics. Median citation rate of 5

Quality Peer Review

Objective, in-depth reviewing based on methodological soundness

Publish fast, 24h Support

30 Days to first decision (median) and quick hands-on author support

Editors and advisors

Advisors and Academic Editors at PeerJ are experienced researchers who are experts in their respective fields. As a general rule, Academic Editors must be at Principal Investigator level or above and have published 25 or more peer-reviewed journal articles. Editors are vetted before being appointed, and their decisions are overseen for consistency.

Dominique Lison

Catholic University of Louvain

University of Washington

Annamaria Vezzani

Mario Negri Institute for Pharnacological Research

Gianluca Tettamanti

University of Insubria

Pamela Ronald

The University of California, Davis

Advisor

Karl Friston

University College London

Advisor

Christof Jäger

University of Nottingham

Annalisa Pastore

King's College London

Anne Marie Kuijpers-Jagtman

University of Groningen

Full editorial board

Member institutions

151 institutions have a prepaid publishing arrangement with us, helping reduce publishing costs and making it easier for their researchers to publish Open Access.

University of Cambridge

Stanford University

Delft University of Technology

University of Pennsylvania

University College London

University of California, Berkeley

Find your institution

Partner societies

PeerJ works with major conferences and societies through sponsorships and curated collections to highlight societal member and conference delegate work. Collections are available for in-depth peer-reviewed research articles as well as conference abstracts.