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Longitudinal and Life Course Studies

Bristol University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1969

ISSN1757-9597eISSN1757-9597

SJR Q3✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

0.411

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.601

Total Worksi

520

Total Citationsi

6,348

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Life-span and Life-course Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

Annual Volume~ 28 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications520

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Bristol University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1757-9597 / 1757-9597

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

522

2019

313

2020

260

2021

122

2022

113

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.

Life-span and Life-course StudiesQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthSocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Life-span and Life-course Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health disparities and outcomesIntergenerational and Educational Inequality StudiesYouth Education and Societal DynamicsEmployment and Welfare StudiesIntergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingBirth, Development, and HealthEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentRetirement, Disability, and Employmentdemographic modeling and climate adaptationFamily Dynamics and Relationships

Frequently asked questions about Longitudinal and Life Course Studies

Is Longitudinal and Life Course Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Longitudinal and Life Course Studies?

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies 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 1.38.

Is Longitudinal and Life Course Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Longitudinal and Life Course Studies?