Science Progress (SCI) is an SCIE-ranked peer reviewed, open access, multidisciplinary journal that publishes across the following subject areas:

Agricultural Science

Applied Mathematics

Biology & Life Sciences

Chemistry

Computer & Information Sciences

Earth Sciences

Ecology & Environmental Sciences

Engineering & Technology

Medicine & Health Sciences (translational, preclinical and clinical)

Physics

When you submit your paper, you will be asked to select one of the above subject areas to ensure the appropriate editorial team reviews your article.

Please see the Aims and Scope tab for further information. Note that research in the social sciences is not considered for publication.

Journal Highlights

Global visibility due to international audience of multidisciplinary researchers.

Official Impact Factor is 2.9 (SCIE)(Quartile 2), CiteScore is 4.6.

Indexed in: Clarivate Analytics: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), PubMed Central (PMC), PubMed: MEDLINE, Scopus, EBSCO, and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

Turnaround times (July 2025): Submitted to first decision (i.e. peer reviewer comments to authors) = 57 days; Submitted to accepted = 103 days

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publications Ethics (COPE)

Gold open access journal: all articles are made freely available online on our website and on PubMedCentral.

Rigorous peer review and decision making with high standards of publication.

Publication in the journal is subject to payment of an article processing charge (APC).

Reviewers get credit for their work via journal partnership with Clarivate Reviewer Recognition (formerly Publons).

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement

Science Progress promotes inclusive, open science that reflects the disciplinary, human, and geographic diversity of the research community.

Diversity as a core value embodies inclusiveness, mutual respect, and multiple perspectives.

We welcome editors, editorial board members, peer reviewers and authors from all backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, nationalities, races, religions, sexes, sexual orientations, gender identities, mental or physical (dis)abilities, ages, career stages, socioeconomic status or any other individual status.

We are committed to continually improving our editorial and review processes whilst playing our part in eradicating bias and inequality in all forms.

Submission Information

Submit your manuscript today at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scienceprogress.

Please see the Submission Guidelines tab for more information on how to submit your article to the journal.

APC Information

Publication in the journal is subject to payment of an article processing charge (APC). The APC serves to support the journal and ensures that articles are freely accessible online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons license. The APC for this journal is currently 3000 USD. The APC is payable when a manuscript is accepted after peer review, before it is published. The APC is subject to taxes where applicable. Please see further details here.

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