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Life Science Alliance

Life Science Alliance, LLC · United States · Est. 1833

ISSN2575-1077eISSN2575-1077

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.498

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.688

Total Worksi

1,746

Total Citationsi

28,291

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.72

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Life Science Alliance is an international, open-access, editorially independent, and peer-reviewed journal launched by an alliance of three preeminent scientific organizations: EMBO, The Rockefeller University, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Life Science Alliance is committed to the rapid, fair, and transparent publication of research papers, resources, and new methods from the full spectrum of life science and biomedical research.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1833

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,746

OA Since2016

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Life Science Alliance, LLC

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2575-1077 / 2575-1077

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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?

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

173

6.8k

2019

153

5.2k

2020

199

5.1k

2021

282

4.3k

2022

357

2023

289

2024

169

467

2025

102

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q1

EcologyQ1

Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisQ1

Plant ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biology

Scopus Categories

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Plant ScienceEcologyHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

RNA Research and SplicingRNA modifications and cancerGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsEpigenetics and DNA MethylationUbiquitin and proteasome pathwaysMicrotubule and mitosis dynamicsRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsMitochondrial Function and PathologyCellular transport and secretionCRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Life Science Alliance

Is Life Science Alliance a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Life Science Alliance: 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 Life Science Alliance?

Life Science Alliance 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 3.72.

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

Life Science Alliance is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.