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Landes Bioscience · United States · Est. 1988

ISSN1933-6934eISSN1933-6942

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

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

104

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 90d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Fast · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.791

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.692

Total Worksi

893

Total Citationsi

22,880

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biology (General). Topics: organogenesis, biology, neurobiology, evolutionary biology, drosophila, insect model systems

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

FrequencyFour Times A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications893

Publisher OrgLandes Bioscience

OA Since2021

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~9 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

LOCKSSPorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Landes Bioscience

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1933-6934 / 1933-6942

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

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

124

2019

2020

133

2021

292

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.

Insect ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Scopus Categories

Insect Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchInvertebrate Immune Response MechanismsDevelopmental Biology and Gene RegulationCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsInsect symbiosis and bacterial influencesChromosomal and Genetic VariationsRNA Research and SplicingGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Frequently asked questions about Fly

Is Fly a predatory journal?

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

What is the impact factor of Fly?

Fly 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 2.56.

Is Fly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Fly is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Fly?