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2007–2014
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Cough
Cough is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 1745-9974Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
Scopus · Inactive
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Open accessNot registered as fully open access
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Cough indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2007–2014).
What is the impact factor of Cough?
Cough 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 Cough and what is its ISSN?
Cough is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 1745-9974.
Is Cough in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Cough open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Cough for 8 years, between 2007 and 2014. Coverage ended in 2014, 12 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 196 works and 5,402 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2014, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2014, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Cough? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Cough has an h-index of 46 and a 2-year mean of 0.01 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
46
h-index
0.01
2-yr mean citations
108
i10-index
196
works indexed
5,402
total citations
Cough published 7 papers in 2014; its busiest recent year was 2013 with 27. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
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 Cough? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2014. 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 2014
- 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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