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SLAS Discovery

Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) · United States · Est. 1996

ISSN2472-5552eISSN2472-5560

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.872

H-Indexi

100

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.714

Total Worksi

3,080

Total Citationsi

80,186

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.83

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemical Research Methods; Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Chemistry, Analytical; Analytical Chemistry; Biochemistry; Biotechnology; Molecular Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyTen Times A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,080

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2021

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~12 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2472-5552 / 2472-5560

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, 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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

103

2.3k

2019

115

2.7k

2020

1.4k

2021

678

2022

774

2023

314

2024

225

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.

Analytical ChemistryQ1

BiochemistryQ2

BiotechnologyQ2

Molecular MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemical Research MethodsBiotechnology & Applied MicrobiologyChemistry, Analytical

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryBiotechnologyAnalytical ChemistryMolecular Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Computational Drug Discovery MethodsReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingHuman auditory perception and evaluationMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchCell Image Analysis Techniques3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesAdvanced Biosensing Techniques and ApplicationsViral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in InsectsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Frequently asked questions about SLAS Discovery

Is SLAS Discovery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for SLAS Discovery: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of SLAS Discovery?

SLAS Discovery 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 2.83.

Is SLAS Discovery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

SLAS Discovery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of SLAS Discovery?