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Engineering in Life Sciences

Wiley-VCH Verlag · Germany · Est. 2001

ISSN1618-2863

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.88

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.776

Total Worksi

2,508

Total Citationsi

50,172

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Environmental Engineering; Bioengineering; Biotechnology.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

FrequencySix Times A Year, 2004-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,508

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-VCH Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1618-2863

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

118

2.7k

2019

1.2k

2020

110

1.8k

2021

1.1k

2022

448

2023

174

2024

164

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.

Environmental EngineeringQ1

BioengineeringQ2

BiotechnologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologyBioengineeringEnvironmental Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microbial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionViral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in InsectsBiofuel production and bioconversionEnzyme Catalysis and ImmobilizationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesAlgal biology and biofuel productionGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical ResearchProtein purification and stabilityBiomedical and Engineering EducationEducational Robotics and Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Engineering in Life Sciences

Is Engineering in Life Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Engineering in Life Sciences: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Engineering in Life Sciences?

Engineering in Life Sciences 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 1.28.

Is Engineering in Life Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Engineering in Life Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Engineering in Life Sciences?