BiomedicalPublications

Current Protocols

Wiley·United States·ISSN 2691-1299

Subscription or hybridBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Current Protocols is published by Wiley as a subscription journal (ISSN 2691-1299). The list article processing charge is $4,890. Its OpenAlex h-index is 49. Figures on this page are sourced from OpenAlex and DOAJ and should be confirmed on the journal’s own site before submission.

Cost to publish

$4,890

Open-access article processing charge, list price.

Checked · How we source APCs

Time to publication

—

Not reported to DOAJ.

h-index

49

OpenAlex citation statistic. Not a Journal Impact Factor.

2-year mean citedness

2.1

Average citations to articles from the previous two years.

What it costs to publish here

Publishing an open-access article in Current Protocols is listed at $4,890. The publisher also lists 4,430 EUR, 3,910 GBP. No waiver policy is recorded in our sources, which does not mean none exists. Ask.

What this journal has charged over time

List price for an open-access article in Current Protocols, as recorded by OpenAlex for each year. The fee has risen 3% since 2021, from $4,750 to $4,890.

$0$2.4k$4.9k2021: $4,75020212022: $4,75020222023: $4,89020232024: $4,89020242025: $4,8902025

Publishers change list prices without notice and often apply discounts, institutional agreements or waivers. Treat this as the trend, and confirm the current figure with the journal.

Peer review and licensing

Review modelNot reported
LicenceNot reported
Author keeps copyrightNot reported
Plagiarism screeningNot reported
Editorial boardNot linked in DOAJ
LanguagesNot reported

Verification data is limited because this journal is not listed in DOAJ. Many long-established subscription journals are not in DOAJ and this does not indicate any quality concern.

Scope

The subjects Current Protocols publishes most, derived from the topics assigned to its indexed articles.

CRISPR and Genetic EngineeringRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomicsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesPluripotent Stem Cells ResearchGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchCell Image Analysis TechniquesRNA modifications and cancerDNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Publication record

Indexed articles1,619
Total citations19,865
i10-index386
Most recent indexed article2026
All ISSNs2691-1299

Counts reflect what OpenAlex has indexed and will differ from the publisher's own figures. We do not show a founding year: OpenAlex's first-publication dates are distorted by mis-dated records — it puts PLoS ONE in 1806 — and we would rather omit a number than print one we cannot stand behind.