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Current Opinion in Lipidology

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins · United States · Est. 1966

ISSN1473-6535

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.348

H-Indexi

155

SNIPi

1.11

Total Worksi

3,511

Total Citationsi

127,672

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Peripheral Vascular Diseases; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Genetics; Nutrition and Dietetics; Cell Biology; Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1966

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,511

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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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%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1473-6535

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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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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

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

1.7k

2019

1.5k

2020

1.2k

2021

882

2022

458

2023

440

2024

137

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.

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineQ1

Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismQ1

GeneticsQ1

Nutrition and DieteticsQ1

Cell BiologyQ2

Molecular BiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyEndocrinology & MetabolismPeripheral Vascular Diseases

Scopus Categories

GeneticsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineNutrition and DieteticsEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismMolecular BiologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular HealthDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsAtherosclerosis and Cardiovascular DiseasesCancer, Lipids, and MetabolismCholesterol and Lipid MetabolismPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated ReceptorsLipid metabolism and disordersAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic DiseasesFatty Acid Research and HealthDiet and metabolism studies

Frequently asked questions about Current Opinion in Lipidology

Is Current Opinion in Lipidology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Opinion in Lipidology: 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 Current Opinion in Lipidology?

Current Opinion in Lipidology 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 3.97.

Is Current Opinion in Lipidology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Opinion in Lipidology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.