*Please note that Human Fertility converted to a full Open Access journal from Volume 27 (2024). Previous volumes will continue to provide access through a Pay to Read model.
Human Fertility is a leading international, multidisciplinary journal dedicated to furthering research and promoting good practice in the areas of human fertility and infertility. Contributions are welcomed from professionals and academics from the spectrum of disciplines concerned with human fertility. It is published on behalf of the British Fertility Society.
All submissions are welcome. Articles considered include original papers, reviews, policy statements, commentaries, debates, correspondence, and reports of sessions at meetings. The journal also publishes refereed abstracts from the meetings of the British Fertility Society.
All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and single-anonymized reviewing by independent reviewers.
Please note, from 2024 the Print ISSN is not in active use as this journal is no longer published in print.
Journal metrics
Usage
81K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
2.1 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
2.3 (2023) 5 year IF
3.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.075 (2023) SNIP
0.620 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
3 days avg. from submission to first
decision
54 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
28 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
18% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor-in-Chief: Professor Abha Maheshwari - NHS Grampian and the University of Aberdeen, UK
Associate Editors: Dr Sarah Armstrong - University Hospitals Bristol and Weston; and St. Michael's Hospital, UK (Clinician) Dr Virginia Bolton - King’s College, London, UK - retired (Scientist) Dr Martin Brinkworth - University of Bradford, UK (Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences; Areas of interest: male fertility/infertility; effects of genetic and epigenetic changes in the male germline) (Scientist) Dr Michael Carroll - Manchester Metropolitan University, UK (Senior Deputy Coordinator; Area of interest: andrology) (Scientist) Professor Ying Cheong - University of Southampton, Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, UK (Clinician) Dr Gianmartin Cito - University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy (Clinician) Dr Steven Fleming - University of Sydney, Australia (Director of Embryology) (Scientist) Dr Hermes Gadelha - University of Bristol, UK (Area of interest: AI) (Methodologist) Dr Kanna Jayaprakashan - University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, UK (Honorary Professor / Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine & Surgery; Areas of interest: female factor infertility, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) (Clinician) Professor Georgina Jones - Leeds Beckett University, UK (Professor of Health Psychology; Areas of interest: psychology, social science, psychometrics, decision-making) (Qualitative, Methodologist) Dr Julia Kopeika - Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK (Clinician) Dr Mariano Mascarenhas - Care Fertility Leeds, Leeds, UK (Deputy Medical Director; Area of interest: fertility preservation) (Clinician) Dr Pedro Melo - Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford; Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust; and TFP Oxford Fertility, UK (NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Women’s and Reproductive Health and Subspecialty Registrar in Reproductive Medicine) (Clinician) Dr Edgar Mocanu - Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland; and Rotunda Hospital, Ireland (Honorary Clinical Associate Professor; Areas of interest: female and male infertility investigations and treatment, IUI, IVF, ICSI, oncofertility, lean systems, teaching) (Clinician) Dr Martine Nijs - Cooper Surgical Fertility and Genomics, Denmark (Global Training Manager; Areas of interest: embryology, andrology, PGT, IVF, cryobiology) (Scientist) Dr Sergio Oehninger - Reproductive Biology Unit, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, Republic of South Africa (Scientist) Mrs Val Peddie - University of Aberdeen, UK (Clinician) Dr Neelam Potdar - University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust; and University of Leicester, UK (Consultant Subspecialist Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Clinical Lead Leicester Fertility Centre, Hon Associate Professor. Areas of interest: early pregnancy, implantation, male fertility, nutrition and fertility) (Clinician) Dr Edwin Amalraj Raja - University of Aberdeen, UK (Statistical Editor, Methodologist) Professor Charalampos Siristatidis - Aretaieion Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Greece (Clinician) Dr Jennifer Tamblyn - Leeds Fertility, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; and CARE Fertility, Leeds, UK (Consultant Reproductive Medicine) (Clinician) Dr Tommy Tang - Regional Fertility Centre, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland (Clinician Dr Liu Wang - Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA (Senior Research Fellow; Areas of interest: single cell data analysis, machine learning, human reproduction, metabolism, gametogenesis, epigenetics) (Scientist) Dr Miguel J Xavier - University of Newcastle, UK (Senior Research Associate; Area of interest: genomics of human reproduction) (Scientist) Media Editor: Michael Rimmer -Centre for Reproductive Health, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, UK
Associate Members: David Jennings - Regional Fertility Centre, Royal Maternity Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Senior Clinical Embryologist; Area of interest: embryology) Niki Konsta - King's Fertility, London, UK
Emeritus Editor-in-Chief: Professor Allan Pacey - Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, UK. (Deputy Dean and Deputy Vice President; Areas of interest: clinical (laboratory) andrology, sperm biology, sperm donation, infections of the male reproductive tract)
Abstracting and indexing
Human Fertility is included in the following abstracting and indexing services:
Science Citation Index; CAB Abstracts; CAB Health; Cambridge Scientific Abstracts; Chemical Abstracts; CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing And Allied Health Literature); Elsevier EMBASE; Index Medicus/MEDLINE.
Open access
Human Fertility is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
To publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis. Discounts and waivers may also be available for researchers in selected countries when publishing in open access journals.
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