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. – 19.2 cites

75th pct. – 6.5 cites

Median – 3 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

MetaBAT 2: an adaptive binning algorithm for robust and efficient genome reconstruction from metagenome assemblies

Bioinformatics Computational Biology Genomics Microbiology Statistics

118 citations · 5,648 views · 1,102 downloads

The Global Museum: natural history collections and the future of evolutionary science and public education

Biodiversity Ecology Evolutionary Studies Science Policy Biosphere Interactions

7 citations · 5,200 views · 1,143 downloads

Computational analysis of microRNA-mediated interactions in SARS-CoV-2 infection

Bioinformatics Computational Biology Genomics Virology Infectious Diseases

9 citations · 1,763 views · 428 downloads

A potential role for Galectin-3 inhibitors in the treatment of COVID-19

Cell Biology Molecular Biology

6 citations · 4,131 views · 513 downloads

A 3-mRNA-based prognostic signature of survival in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Bioinformatics Dentistry Oncology

6 citations · 1,153 views · 379 downloads

Identification of a three-m6A related gene risk score model as a potential prognostic biomarker in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Bioinformatics Oncology Urology

5 citations · 925 views · 373 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.

Annalisa Pastore

King's College London

Gianluca Tettamanti

University of Insubria

Pamela Ronald

The University of California, Davis

Advisor

Dominique Lison

Catholic University of Louvain

Christof Jäger

University of Nottingham

Maria Tretiakova

University of Washington

Anne Marie Kuijpers-Jagtman

University of Groningen

Jeffrey Stuart

Brock University

Annamaria Vezzani

Mario Negri Institute for Pharnacological Research

Simon Baron-Cohen

Cambridge University

Karl Friston

University College London

Advisor

Full editorial board

Member institutions

151 institutions have prepaid PeerJ article fees, 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

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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.