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Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1984

ISSN1098-8823eISSN2212-196X

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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 ↗

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SJR Scorei

0.699

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.69

Total Worksi

2,021

Total Citationsi

45,634

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.85

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators is a journal dealing with prostaglandins and related lipid mediator substances. It includes basic and clinical studies related to their pharmacology, physiology, pathology, and biochemistry. The journal explores issues in inflammation linked to research areas like macular degeneration and disease.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

Annual Volume~ 69 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,021

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

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OA License—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1098-8823 / 2212-196X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.9k

2019

951

2020

506

2021

442

2022

536

2023

421

2024

119

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyCell Biology

Scopus Categories

Cell BiologyPharmacologyBiochemistryPhysiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effectsEicosanoids and Hypertension PharmacologyEstrogen and related hormone effectsFatty Acid Research and HealthPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated ReceptorsSphingolipid Metabolism and SignalingNitric Oxide and Endothelin EffectsHuman auditory perception and evaluationReproductive Physiology in LivestockDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators

Is Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators?

Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators 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 2.85.

Is Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.