Heliyon

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1806

ISSN2405-8440eISSN2405-8440

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.739

H-Indexi

173

SNIPi

1.123

Total Worksi

45,257

Total Citationsi

640,028

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

676

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Heliyon is an all-science open-access journal that considers research from all areas of the physical, applied, life, social, and medical sciences. The journal publishes manuscripts reporting scientifically accurate and valuable research.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1806

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications45,257

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2014

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2405-8440 / 2405-8440

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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?

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

71k

2019

2.8k

101k

2020

2.9k

82k

2021

86k

2022

11k

171k

2023

18k

180k

2024

2.8k

9.8k

2025

868

138

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.

MultidisciplinaryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Multidisciplinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Multidisciplinary

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ferroptosis and cancer prognosisEnergy, Environment, Economic GrowthPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesCancer-related molecular mechanisms researchCOVID-19 and Mental HealthSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesEnergy and Environment ImpactsNanoparticles: synthesis and applications

Frequently asked questions about Heliyon

Is Heliyon a predatory journal?

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

Heliyon 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 6.91.

Is Heliyon indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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