Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 100.0
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Medicine 1(Q1)

Journal info (provided by editor)

Manuscripts received last year
4522 manuscripts
Articles published last year
301 articles
% accepted last year
5% accepted
Immediately rejected last year
86% imm. rejected
Open access status
no
Two-year impact factor
15.80

Aims and Scope

Science Translational Medicine publishes original, peer-reviewed, science-based research articles that promote human health by providing a forum for communication and cross-fertilization among basic, translational, and clinical research practitioners. Content covers all relevant established and emerging disciplines: cardiovascular disease, immunology/vaccines, metabolism/diabetes/obesity, neuroscience/neurology/psychiatry, cancer, infectious diseases, policy, behavior, bioengineering, chemical genomics/drug discovery, imaging, applied physical sciences, medical nanotechnology, drug delivery, biomarkers, gene therapy/regenerative medicine, toxicology and pharmacokinetics, data mining, cell culture, animal and human studies, medical informatics, and other interdisciplinary approaches.