Home›Search›Lab on a Chip

Lab on a Chip

Royal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom · Est. 1829

ISSN1473-0197eISSN1473-0189

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.158

H-Indexi

279

SNIPi

1.163

Total Worksi

11,682

Total Citationsi

575,910

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.61

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemical Research Methods; Chemistry, Analytical; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Instruments & Instrumentation; Nanoscience & Nanotechnology; Biochemistry; Bioengineering; Biomedical Engineering; Chemistry (miscellaneous); Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1829

FrequencyTwenty-Four No. A Year, 2009-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications11,682

Publisher OrgRoyal Society of Chemistry

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Royal Society of Chemistry

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1473-0197 / 1473-0189

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

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

514

18k

2019

524

17k

2020

508

13k

2021

495

9.7k

2022

495

7.4k

2023

490

5.5k

2024

596

2.7k

2025

379

304

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.

BiochemistryQ1

BioengineeringQ1

Biomedical EngineeringQ1

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q1

Nanoscience and NanotechnologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemical Research MethodsChemistry, AnalyticalChemistry, MultidisciplinaryInstruments & InstrumentationNanoscience & Nanotechnology

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryBioengineeringBiomedical EngineeringNanoscience and NanotechnologyChemistry (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis ApplicationsMicrofluidic and Bio-sensing TechnologiesInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchElectrowetting and Microfluidic TechnologiesBiosensors and Analytical DetectionCell Image Analysis TechniquesAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesBiotechnology and Related Fields

Frequently asked questions about Lab on a Chip

Is Lab on a Chip a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Lab on a Chip: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Lab on a Chip?

Lab on a Chip 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 4.61.

Is Lab on a Chip indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Lab on a Chip is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.