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Alternative Lifestyles
Alternative Lifestyles is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Springer International Publishing AG.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 0161-570XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Alternative Lifestyles indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1987 (also 1978–1985)).
What is the impact factor of Alternative Lifestyles?
Alternative Lifestyles has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Alternative Lifestyles and what is its ISSN?
Alternative Lifestyles is published by Springer International Publishing AG. Its ISSN is 0161-570X.
Is Alternative Lifestyles in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Alternative Lifestyles open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Alternative Lifestyles for 9 years, between 1978 and 1987, with 1 year in that span missing. Coverage ended in 1987, 39 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
How well cited is Alternative Lifestyles? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Alternative Lifestyles has an h-index of 0 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Alternative Lifestyles? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 1987. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 1987
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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