About the journal
STAR Protocols is an open-access journal published by Elsevier in United States, publishing in english. It is listed in DOAJ and MEDLINE and PUBMED according to the sources read. Declared publication charge: 1,920 USD. Declared review time at DOAJ: 17 weeks. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- ISSN
- 2666-1667
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- english
- Access
- Open access
- Declared publication charge
- 1,920 USD
- Articles in DOAJ
- 3942
- Declared review time
- 17 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- peer_review
- Official website
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/star-protocols
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2020-10-26
- MEDLINE · 2020-01-01
- PUBMED · 2020-06-19
- Indexing
- DOAJ · MEDLINE · PUBMED
- APC
- 1,920 USD
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 17 weeks
- Actual review time (measured)
- 112 days received→accepted — computed from PubMed (n=96)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
- PublishLens list status
- Shown after sign-in
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Articles in DOAJ
3942
Most recent article
last month
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
17weeks
Works in OpenAlex
4551
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
49
i10-index
830
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy12
- Last DOAJ review date
- 2026-04-27
- Added to DOAJ
- 2020-10-26
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- No
- Declared digital preservation
- CLOCKSSPMCPortico
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2026
- Level 1 — approved scholarly channel
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 99%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 76%
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- APC waiver policy
- View policy
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity3
- Alternate titles
- Structured, Transparent, Accessible, Reproducible protocols
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 101769501
Classification2
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
- Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
- Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA Research and Splicing
Show all subjects (50)
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Cell Image Analysis Techniques
- 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
- Cancer Cells and Metastasis
- 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
- Cell Image Analysis Techniques
- Cancer Cells and Metastasis
- RNA modifications and cancer
- RNA modifications and cancer
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
- Immune cells in cancer
- Immune cells in cancer
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
- CAR-T cell therapy research
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
- CAR-T cell therapy research
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Virus-based gene therapy research
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
- Virus-based gene therapy research
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
- Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Keywords (DOAJ)
- biology
- methods
- protocols
- chemistry
- bioinformatics
- molecular biology
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