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Islets is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3.9), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 1938-2014Verify ISSN ↗1938-2022Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism | 139 / 250 | 44th | Q3 |
| Endocrinology | 87 / 132 | 34th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.9.
Islets is Q3 in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (rank 139 of 250) and Q3 in Endocrinology (rank 87 of 132), by CiteScore 2025.
Islets 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 3.9, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 44th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.594, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 47.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,390 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.
Islets is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1938-2014 and its online ISSN is 1938-2022.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Islets has an h-index of 52 and a 2-year mean of 1.48 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.9, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #153 of 246 Scopus journals in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.
Islets published 7 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 19. 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 65 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (22.8%), Canada (21.5%) and China (12.3%).
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.
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