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Clinical Science
Clinical Science is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Portland Press Ltd.
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ISSN 0009-9287Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
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 Clinical Science indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1959–1973 (also 1950–1952, 1945)).
What is the impact factor of Clinical Science?
Clinical Science 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 Clinical Science and what is its ISSN?
Clinical Science is published by Portland Press Ltd. Its ISSN is 0009-9287.
Is Clinical Science in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Clinical Science open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Clinical Science for 19 years, between 1945 and 1973, with 10 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 1973, 53 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 726 works and 16,166 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 1972, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 1973, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Clinical Science? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Clinical Science has an h-index of 65 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Clinical Science published 270 papers in 1972. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Clinical Science? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 1973. 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 1973
- 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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