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Prion

Landes Bioscience · United States · Est. 1967

ISSN1933-6896eISSN1933-690X

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q3+12

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total62

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.555

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.466

Total Works

935

Total Citations

17,061

2yr Mean Citedness

1.68

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on prion diseases, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans and chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids. Research covers their diagnosis, pathogenesis, transmission, and potential therapeutic strategies. The scope also extends to prion-like mechanisms in other neurodegenerative conditions and the biology of the prion protein (PrP).

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

Annual Volume~ 14 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications935

Publisher OrgLandes Bioscience

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~16 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Landes Bioscience

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1933-6896 / 1933-690X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

BiochemistryQ3

Infectious DiseasesQ3

Cell BiologyQ4

Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceInfectious DiseasesCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Prion Diseases and Protein MisfoldingNeurological diseases and metabolismTrace Elements in HealthAlzheimer's disease research and treatmentsRNA regulation and diseaseRNA Research and SplicingAmino Acid Enzymes and MetabolismAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ResearchAlcoholism and Thiamine DeficiencyFungal and yeast genetics research