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Peer-review policy

Peer-review is the system used to assess the quality of a manuscript before it is published. Independent researchers in the relevant research area assess submitted manuscripts for originality, validity and significance to help editors determine whether the manuscript should be published in their journal. You can read more about the peer-review process here.



Clinical Proteomics operates a single-blind peer-review system, where the reviewers are aware of the names and affiliations of the authors, but the reviewer reports provided to authors are anonymous.

The benefit of single-blind peer review is that it is the traditional model of peer review that many reviewers are comfortable with, and it facilitates a dispassionate critique of a manuscript.

Manuscripts will be assigned to a handling Editor, who will appoint at least two referees. On receipt of their reports the handling Editor will make a recommendation to accept, to accept with minor revisions, to request major revisions and resubmission, or to reject. No manuscript will be rejected without being assessed by a member of the Editorial Board and one other expert.

Clinical Proteomics considers the following types of article: Letter to the Editor, Meeting report, Research, and Review. For more specific information, please take a look at our Submission Guidelines.

Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    3.8 - 2-year Impact Factor
    3.8 - 5-year Impact Factor
    0.873 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.941 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    11 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    159 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage
    434,196 downloads
    385 Altmetric mentions