BiomedicalPublications

The Journal of Antibiotics

Springer Nature·Japan·ISSN 0021-8820

Subscription or hybridMedicine

Cost to publish

$4,590

Open-access article processing charge, list price.

Time to publication

—

Not reported to DOAJ.

h-index

158

OpenAlex citation statistic. Not a Journal Impact Factor.

2-year mean citedness

2.3

Average citations to articles from the previous two years.

What it costs to publish here

Publishing an open-access article in The Journal of Antibiotics is listed at $4,590. The publisher also lists 3,590 EUR, 2,890 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 The Journal of Antibiotics, as recorded by OpenAlex for each year. The fee has risen 46% since 2019, from $3,140 to $4,590.

$0$2.3k$4.6k2019: $3,14020192020: $3,26020202021: $3,86020212022: $4,19020222023: $4,19020232024: $4,39020242025: $4,5902025

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 checks

3 of 8 confirmed

These are facts we could verify in public records, not a verdict. A journal missing a check is not necessarily disreputable — many long-established subscription journals sit outside the open-access registries entirely. Use them as questions to ask, and confirm anything that matters directly with the journal before you submit.

  • Listed in the Directory of Open Access JournalsNot listed. Many legitimate subscription journals are not in DOAJ, so this alone means little.
  • Included in OpenAlex's curated core setOpenAlex flags well-established venues that appear across major indexes.
  • Peer review model publicly declaredNo declared model found in DOAJ.
  • Publication charges stated up frontA journal that will not tell you the fee before submission is worth a second look.
  • Screens submissions for plagiarismReported to DOAJ by the journal.
  • Participates in a digital preservation schemeArchiving means the record survives if the publisher does not.
  • Assigns persistent identifiers (DOIs)Standard practice; its absence is unusual.
  • Still actively publishingMost recent indexed article: 2026.

Scope

The subjects The Journal of Antibiotics publishes most, derived from the topics assigned to its indexed articles.

Microbial Natural Products and BiosynthesisFungal Biology and ApplicationsCancer therapeutics and mechanismsCarbohydrate Chemistry and SynthesisAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaChemical Synthesis and AnalysisMarine Sponges and Natural ProductsLegal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and Strategies

Publication record

Indexed articles12,342
Total citations310,181
i10-index7,572
Most recent indexed article2026
All ISSNs0021-8820, 1881-1469

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.