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Altex is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.9), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by ALTEX Edition.
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ISSN 1868-596XVerify ISSN ↗1868-8551Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: ALTEX Edition
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Laboratory Technology | 3 / 42 | 94th | Q1 |
| Pharmacology | 47 / 328 | 85th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2000–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.9.
Altex is Q1 in Medical Laboratory Technology (rank 3 of 42) and Q1 in Pharmacology (rank 47 of 328), by CiteScore 2025.
Altex is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 8.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 94th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.101, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 74.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,157 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Altex is published by ALTEX Edition. Its print ISSN is 1868-596X and its online ISSN is 1868-8551.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Altex has an h-index of 78 and a 2-year mean of 2.05 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #12 of 42 Scopus journals in Medical Laboratory Technology.
Altex published 103 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 114. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 76 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (24%), Germany (19.8%) and France (8.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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