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Emerging Topics in Life Sciences

Portland Press Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1973

ISSN2397-8554eISSN2397-8562

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.388

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.824

Total Worksi

503

Total Citationsi

10,956

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biology; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1973

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications503

Publisher OrgPortland Press

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Portland Press Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2397-8554 / 2397-8562

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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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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

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

1.9k

2019

2.6k

2020

1.6k

2021

1.1k

2022

651

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyBiology

Scopus Categories

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

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

CRISPR and Genetic EngineeringGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical ResearchPaleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorProtein Structure and DynamicsRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsRNA Research and SplicingGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchGut microbiota and healthAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Frequently asked questions about Emerging Topics in Life Sciences

Is Emerging Topics in Life Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Emerging Topics in Life Sciences: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Emerging Topics in Life Sciences?

Emerging Topics in Life Sciences 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 1.18.

Is Emerging Topics in Life Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Emerging Topics in Life Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Emerging Topics in Life Sciences?