about Journal of Synchrotron Radiation

Distribution of articles

In the last year, authors from 38 different countries published in the journal, the top five being Germany, the USA, China, Japan and France.

Aims and scope

Synchrotron radiation research is rapidly expanding with many new sources of radiation being created globally. Synchrotron radiation plays a leading role in pure science and in emerging technologies. The Journal of Synchrotron Radiation provides comprehensive coverage of the entire field of synchrotron radiation and free-electron laser research including instrumentation, theory, computing and scientific applications in areas such as biology, nanoscience and materials science. Rapid publication ensures an up-to-date information resource for scientists and engineers in the field.

Journal identifiers

Title: Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
Abbreviated title: J. Synchrotron Rad.
ISSN: 1600-5775
CODEN: JSYRES
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S16005775

Citation and statistical information

Impact factor history

2019 JCR data

Impact factor: 2.251
5-year impact factor: 2.81
Total cites: 6814
Immediacy index: 0.894
Cited half-life: 7.8

Journal citation distribution

The citation distributions are for citations made in 2019 and 2018. For more information, see http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/09/11/062109.

Eigenfactor® metrics

Eigenfactor® score: 0.01038
Article influence® score: 0.899

Scopus metrics

CiteScore: 4.3

2019 journal statistics

Downloads: 752576
Number of submissions: 297
Acceptance rate: 75%
Average publication time: 5.7 months
Number of articles published: 249
Number of pages: 2096

Peer review

Peer review process
Peer review: yes
Review process: single-blind
Number of reviews requested: 652
Number of reviews received: 484

Open access

Journal policy: the journal operates a hybrid open-access policy; transformative arrangements are available
Open-access licence: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY)