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Journal decision profile

Science Immunology

Immunology and Microbiology · Medicine

American Association for the Advancement of ScienceUnited StatespISSN 2470-9468eISSN 2470-9468

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15.22026 metrics scoreOpenAlex · CC0

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$—publishing cost*verify with journal

Journal Metrics Score

Journal Metrics ScoreThe visible value is the 2026Journal Metrics Score: citations in the most recent complete year to the journal's works from the two prior years, divided by the number of those works — from OpenAlex open data (CC0).

2026

15.2

Journal Metrics Score 2026 · 2021–2024 window citedness 17.17.

Speed

SpeedMedian calendar days from manuscript received to accepted. It includes revision time and is not the journal's time to first decision.

PUBMED

Not available

Insufficient public received and accepted dates.

APC / cost*

APC / cost*Costs are indicative and may exclude taxes, waivers, society discounts, or article-type charges. Always verify the journal's official website.

VERIFY

Not available

No reliable journal-level APC is cached. Cost is excluded from scoring.

At a glance

Journal decision profile

A visual summary for comparison—not a single black-box star rating.

Relative profile

Cost is intentionally excluded. Missing APC data is never converted to a zero-dollar fee or a fabricated cost score.

Raw values behind the shape

Always visible

Metrics Score

Metrics ScoreThe 2026 Journal Metrics Score, normalized within a comparable journal cohort for this preview.

15.22026 · OPENALEX

Source output rank

Source output rankLifetime journal-wide output rank among OpenAlex sources associated with the journal’s leading topic.

#367 / 1,387LIFETIME OUTPUT

Highly cited papers

Highly cited papersRecent works in the global top 10% after normalization by work type, year, and subfield.

62.6%FIELD-NORMALIZED TOP 10%

Field-normalized impact

Field-normalized impactMedian FWCI, where 1.0 is the expected citation level for comparable work.

3.92MEDIAN FWCI

Review speed

Review speedMedian submission-to-acceptance time from qualified PubMed records.

—NOT AVAILABLE

Recent output

Recent outputAverage annual publication volume across the complete analysis window.

175 / yr2021–2024 AVG

Cost efficiency

Cost efficiencyNo score is assigned without a reliable journal-level cost.

—NOT SCORED

Field-normalized top 10% share62.6%

436 of 696 works · same type, year & subfield

Field-normalized top 1% share12.8%

89 works · same type, year & subfield

Median FWCI3.92×

Above field-year expectation

Source output rank#367

of 1,387 topic-associated OpenAlex sources by lifetime output

What does Median FWCI mean?

FWCI compares papers with the same publication year, type, and field. 1.0 is the world average; above 1.0 is above expectation. This journal's median is 3.92, so its typical recent paper runs about 292% above its field benchmark.

What does Top 10% Share mean?

62.6% of recent papers rank in the global top 10% after field normalization. This is easier to compare across specialties than raw citation totals.

Submission to acceptance time (publication speed)

There are not enough complete public received and accepted dates to show a reliable median. It includes revisions and is not the journal's time to first decision.

Publishing pattern

Publication volume and article mix

Volume is separated from citation accumulation so newer papers are not presented as weaker simply because they are newer.

Works published by year

OpenAlex source records · 2016–2025

382016

1012017

1032018

1192019

1412020

1822021

1942022

1512023

1712024

1552025

Recent work-type mix

696 OpenAlex works · 2021–2024

Article94.5%

Editorial3.9%

Erratum1.6%

OpenAlex article is broader than “original research.” PubMed Publication Types can add case-report and clinical-study detail.

Fit signals

Topics and medical subject coverage

OpenAlex topics show research communities; MeSH keeps the medical taxonomy recognizable.

Major MeSH signals

PubMed-indexed works

COVID-19CD8-Positive T-LymphocytesNeoplasmsB-LymphocytesSARS-CoV-2Immunity, InnateMice, Inbred C57BLT-LymphocytesT-Lymphocytes, Regulatory

Leading OpenAlex topics

2021–2024 works

Immune Cell Function and Interaction112

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research67

T-cell and B-cell Immunology60

IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways39

Immunotherapy and Immune Responses33

CAR-T cell therapy research29

Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers24

Immune cells in cancer19

interferon and immune responses19

Inflammasome and immune disorders16

Methodology: OpenAlex snapshot 2026-08-09. FWCI, percentile badges, topics, and type mix use 696 works published 2021–2024. Radar normalization is versioned in the cached profile, and no cost score is assigned without reliable APC data.