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Tropical Life Sciences Research

Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia · Malaysia · Est. 1998

ISSN1985-3718eISSN2180-4249

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.368

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.567

Total Worksi

411

Total Citationsi

3,430

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biology (General). Topics: biochemistry, microbiology, biotechnology, animal science, plant science, environmental science

General Information

Country / RegionMalaysia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

FrequencyThree Times A Year, 2019-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications411

Publisher OrgPenerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Malaysian National Library

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1985-3718 / 2180-4249

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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?

Malaysian National Library

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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

370

2019

518

2020

292

2021

233

2022

185

2023

101

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biology

Scopus Categories

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

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthFish Biology and Ecology StudiesPlant tissue culture and regenerationPlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityWildlife Ecology and ConservationIdentification and Quantification in FoodAquatic life and conservationPlant and animal studiesMarine and fisheries researchFish Ecology and Management Studies

Frequently asked questions about Tropical Life Sciences Research

Is Tropical Life Sciences Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Tropical Life Sciences Research: 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 Tropical Life Sciences Research?

Tropical Life Sciences Research 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 0.79.

Is Tropical Life Sciences Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Tropical Life Sciences Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Tropical Life Sciences Research?