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Liver Research

KeAi Communications Co. · China · Est. 2017

ISSN2542-5684

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.883

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.481

Total Worksi

351

Total Citationsi

5,426

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Gastroenterology; Hepatology.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2017

Frequency3x/year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications351

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-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

Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

KeAi Communications Co.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2542-5684

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 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

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

1.1k

2019

952

2020

492

2021

309

2022

430

2023

259

2024

153

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.

GastroenterologyQ2

HepatologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Scopus Categories

GastroenterologyHepatology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentDrug Transport and Resistance MechanismsLiver physiology and pathologyLiver Disease and TransplantationHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisAlcohol Consumption and Health EffectsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringHepatitis B Virus Studies

Frequently asked questions about Liver Research

Is Liver Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Liver Research: 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 Liver Research?

Liver Research 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 2.90.

Is Liver Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Liver Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Liver Research?