Home›Search›Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Mary Ann Liebert Inc. · United States · Est. 1989

ISSN1557-7465

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.613

H-Indexi

122

SNIPi

0.481

Total Worksi

3,209

Total Citationsi

95,131

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Cell Biology; Immunology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Virology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,209

Publisher OrgMary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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?

Mary Ann Liebert Inc.

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1557-7465

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

❌

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

2.1k

2019

774

2020

595

2021

563

2022

486

2023

172

2024

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Cell BiologyQ3

ImmunologyQ3

VirologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyCell BiologyImmunology

Scopus Categories

ImmunologyVirologyMedicine (miscellaneous)Cell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

interferon and immune responsesCytokine Signaling Pathways and InteractionsImmune Response and InflammationImmune Cell Function and InteractionImmunotherapy and Immune ResponsesT-cell and B-cell ImmunologyHepatitis C virus researchNF-κB Signaling PathwaysSystemic Lupus Erythematosus ResearchMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Is Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research: 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 Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research?

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research 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 1.43.

Is Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research?