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Life and Science

National University of Medical Sciences · Pakistan · Est. 2020

ISSN2521-0475eISSN2708-2970

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

405

Total Citationsi

353

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Life and Science reflects the key purpose of “understanding and improving life” with the belief that life and health are determined by biological, environmental, immunological, nutritional, genetic and social factors. The journal predominantly welcomes submissions of original research from broader domains of basic and applied health sciences, clinical and translational research, public health and health professions education.

General Information

Country / RegionPakistan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2020

Frequencyquarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications405

Publisher OrgBabol University of Medical Sciences

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

National University of Medical Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2521-0475 / 2708-2970

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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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)?

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

166

2020

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.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentHealth and Well-being StudiesCOVID-19 and Mental HealthDental Research and COVID-19Diverse Scientific Research StudiesMosquito-borne diseases and controlCOVID-19 diagnosis using AICOVID-19 epidemiological studies

Frequently asked questions about Life and Science

Is Life and Science a predatory journal?

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

Life and Science is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.20.

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

Life and Science is indexed in DOAJ.