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Innate Immunity

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1996

ISSN1753-4259eISSN1753-4267

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.926

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.801

Total Worksi

1,053

Total Citationsi

26,718

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.86

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Immunology; Medicine, Research & Experimental; Microbiology; Infectious Diseases; Molecular Biology; Cell Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

Frequency6 Issues A Year, 2008-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,053

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Scholars PortalCLOCKSSLOCKSSPorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1753-4259 / 1753-4267

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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?

Scholars Portal, CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico, PMC

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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

1.6k

2019

2020

605

2021

238

2022

243

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.

ImmunologyQ2

Infectious DiseasesQ2

MicrobiologyQ2

Molecular BiologyQ2

Cell BiologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyImmunologyMedicine, Research & ExperimentalMicrobiology

Scopus Categories

ImmunologyInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyCell BiologyMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Immune Response and InflammationImmune Cell Function and InteractionImmune cells in cancerAntimicrobial Peptides and ActivitiesImmunotherapy and Immune ResponsesNeutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanismsinterferon and immune responsesInflammasome and immune disordersT-cell and B-cell ImmunologyNeonatal Respiratory Health Research

Frequently asked questions about Innate Immunity

Is Innate Immunity a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Innate Immunity: 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 Innate Immunity?

Innate Immunity 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 1.86.

Is Innate Immunity indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Innate Immunity is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Innate Immunity?