PeerJ

Our open access journals

PeerJ

Covering life, biology, medicine, and environmental sciences

3-year citation distribution 30 Days to First Decision

95th pct. – 18 cites

75th pct. – 9 cites

Median – 5 cites

25th pct. – 2.2 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. – 23.8 cites

75th pct. – 5 cites

Median – 2.5 cites

25th pct. – 1.8 cites

* 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

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Recently cited

A rapid spread of the stony coral tissue loss disease outbreak in the Mexican Caribbean

Conservation Biology Ecology Marine Biology

28 citations · 3,259 views · 1,177 downloads

The timing mega-study: comparing a range of experiment generators, both lab-based and online

Neuroscience Psychiatry and Psychology

19 citations · 15,218 views · 2,309 downloads

Brain structural and functional changes in patients with major depressive disorder: a literature review

Psychiatry and Psychology Public Health Radiology and Medical Imaging

19 citations · 3,211 views · 691 downloads

A machine learning approach to automatic detection of irregularity in skin lesion border using dermoscopic images

Artificial Intelligence Computer Vision

11 citations · 1,608 views · 1,181 downloads

Cranial osteology of the Early Cretaceous turtle Pleurosternon bullockii (Paracryptodira: Pleurosternidae)

Evolutionary Studies Paleontology Taxonomy Zoology

6 citations · 1,567 views · 249 downloads

Epitope-based chimeric peptide vaccine design against S, M and E proteins of SARS-CoV-2, the etiologic agent of COVID-19 pandemic: an in silico approach

Bioinformatics Computational Biology Virology Immunology Infectious Diseases

22 citations · 4,475 views · 1,340 downloads

Comparing sediment DNA extraction methods for assessing organic enrichment associated with marine aquaculture

Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science Bioinformatics Ecology Marine Biology Molecular Biology

4 citations · 1,451 views · 545 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.

University of Insubria

Annamaria Vezzani

Mario Negri Institute for Pharnacological Research

Maria Tretiakova

University of Washington

Karl Friston

University College London

Advisor

Christof Jäger

University of Nottingham

Dominique Lison

Catholic University of Louvain

Anne Marie Kuijpers-Jagtman

University of Groningen

Pamela Ronald

The University of California, Davis

Advisor

Annalisa Pastore

King's College London

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

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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.