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Endocrine Journal

Japan Endocrine Society · Japan · Est. 1925

ISSN0918-8959eISSN1348-4540

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.77

H-Indexi

101

SNIPi

0.692

Total Worksi

4,635

Total Citationsi

94,130

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Endocrine Journal is an open access, peer-reviewed style publishing experimental, translational and clinical research overflowing with originality in a variety of aspects of endocrinology and metabolism.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1925

FrequencyMonthly, June 2009-

StatusActive

Total Publications4,635

Publisher OrgJapan Endocrine Society

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMCDOAJ

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Japan Endocrine Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0918-8959 / 1348-4540

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

PMC, DOAJ

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

150

3.2k

2019

145

2.3k

2020

158

1.7k

2021

129

1.3k

2022

121

873

2023

131

551

2024

132

240

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismQ2

EndocrinologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Endocrinology & Metabolism

Scopus Categories

EndocrinologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth FactorsPituitary Gland Disorders and TreatmentsThyroid Disorders and TreatmentsThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentPancreatic function and diabetes

Frequently asked questions about Endocrine Journal

Is Endocrine Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Endocrine Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Endocrine Journal?

Endocrine Journal is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.79.

Is Endocrine Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Endocrine Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.