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Defence Life Science Journal

Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre · India · Est. 2016

ISSN2456-0537

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.149

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.12

Total Worksi

412

Total Citationsi

1,886

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Defence Life Science Journal caters to scientists, researchers, and academicians in life sciences and allied disciplines. It publishes research related to Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics.

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General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 31 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications412

Publisher OrgDefence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre

Region🌍 Global South

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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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2456-0537

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

158

2019

218

2020

117

2021

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q4

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

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

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

High Altitude and HypoxiaPhytochemical and Pharmacological StudiesNatural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesGreenhouse Technology and Climate ControlPlant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesPhytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityPesticide Exposure and ToxicityBacteriophages and microbial interactions

Frequently asked questions about Defence Life Science Journal

Is Defence Life Science Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Defence Life Science Journal: it is indexed in 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 Defence Life Science Journal?

Defence Life Science Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.149.

Is Defence Life Science Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Defence Life Science Journal is indexed in Scopus.