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WIREs Mechanisms of Disease

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 1948

ISSN2692-9368eISSN2692-9368

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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SJR Scorei

1.979

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.403

Total Worksi

203

Total Citationsi

2,788

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.77

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine, Research & Experimental; Cell Biology; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1948

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications203

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2692-9368 / 2692-9368

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2010

531

2020

665

2021

1.1k

2022

592

2023

128

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Cell BiologyQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, Research & Experimental

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Cell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringMast cells and histamineT-cell and B-cell ImmunologyGut microbiota and healthNeurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsPluripotent Stem Cells ResearchImmune Cell Function and Interaction3D Printing in Biomedical Research

Frequently asked questions about WIREs Mechanisms of Disease

Is WIREs Mechanisms of Disease a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for WIREs Mechanisms of Disease: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of WIREs Mechanisms of Disease?

WIREs Mechanisms of Disease is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.77.

Is WIREs Mechanisms of Disease indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

WIREs Mechanisms of Disease is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of WIREs Mechanisms of Disease?