Islets

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United States · Est. 2009

ISSN1938-2022

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.594

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.549

Total Worksi

429

Total Citationsi

11,364

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Endocrinology & Metabolism; Endocrinology; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications429

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2021

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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

LOCKSSPorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1938-2022

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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?

LOCKSS, 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

292

2019

146

2020

220

2021

103

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.

EndocrinologyQ3

Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Endocrinology & Metabolism

Scopus Categories

Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismEndocrinology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pancreatic function and diabetesDiabetes and associated disordersDiabetes Management and ResearchMetabolism, Diabetes, and CancerDiet, Metabolism, and DiseaseCannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchDiabetes Treatment and ManagementGenetics and Neurodevelopmental DisordersPancreatitis Pathology and TreatmentAdipose Tissue and Metabolism

Frequently asked questions about Islets

Is Islets a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Islets: 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 Islets?

Islets 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 1.35.

Is Islets indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of Islets?