Lipids

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · Germany · Est. 1960

ISSN1558-9307

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.427

H-Indexi

186

SNIPi

0.575

Total Worksi

9,799

Total Citationsi

314,563

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.71

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Lipids is a journal that focuses on publishing high-quality peer-reviewed papers and invited reviews in the general area of lipid research, including chemistry, biochemistry, basic and clinical nutrition, and metabolism. The journal covers the full range of lipid research.

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General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1960

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications9,799

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1558-9307

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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

104

932

2019

919

2020

371

2021

222

2022

2023

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.

BiochemistryQ3

Organic ChemistryQ3

Cell BiologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyNutrition & Dietetics

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryOrganic ChemistryCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fatty Acid Research and HealthLipid metabolism and biosynthesisCholesterol and Lipid MetabolismPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated ReceptorsAntioxidant Activity and Oxidative StressMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesAdipose Tissue and MetabolismAnalytical Chemistry and ChromatographyEicosanoids and Hypertension PharmacologyMetabolism and Genetic Disorders

Frequently asked questions about Lipids

Is Lipids a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Lipids: 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 Lipids?

Lipids 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 0.71.

Is Lipids indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Lipids is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.