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Science China Life Sciences

Science China Press · China · Est. 1996

ISSN1674-7305eISSN1869-1889

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-01-06). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.297

H-Indexi

106

SNIPi

1.497

Total Worksi

3,670

Total Citationsi

83,674

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Science China Life Sciences is a globally peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing high-quality, original research in basic and applied life sciences, including biology, medicine, agriculture, and ecology. Ranked in the top 10% of biology journals in JCR Cosponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the National Natural Science Foundation of China Features authoritative Reviews, original Research Papers, Quick Reports, Insights, Letters to the Editor, Highlights, and News and Views Rapid review and editorial decision within 35 days for the first round

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,670

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Region🌍 Global South

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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?

Science China Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1674-7305 / 1869-1889

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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

229

6.7k

2019

247

16k

2020

199

5.4k

2021

199

5.6k

2022

227

4.8k

2023

274

2.9k

2024

364

1.8k

2025

271

124

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biology

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

CRISPR and Genetic EngineeringRNA modifications and cancerPlant Molecular Biology ResearchCancer-related molecular mechanisms researchRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsRNA Research and SplicingGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesEpigenetics and DNA MethylationChromosomal and Genetic VariationsGut microbiota and health

Frequently asked questions about Science China Life Sciences

Is Science China Life Sciences a predatory journal?

Science China Life Sciences was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2017-01-06). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Science China Life Sciences?

Science China 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 4.26.

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

Science China Life Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.