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Journal of Lipid Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 6.5), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc..
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ISSN 0022-2275Verify ISSN ↗1539-7262Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc.
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry | 147 / 448 | 67th | Q2 |
| Endocrinology | 44 / 132 | 67th | Q2 |
| Cell Biology | 122 / 289 | 57th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1963–present (also 1960–1961), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 6.5.
Journal of Lipid Research is Q2 in Biochemistry (rank 147 of 448), Q2 in Endocrinology (rank 44 of 132) and Q2 in Cell Biology (rank 122 of 289), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Lipid Research 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 6.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 67th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.668, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 240.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,430 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.
Journal of Lipid Research is published by American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc. Its print ISSN is 0022-2275 and its online ISSN is 1539-7262.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Lipid Research has an h-index of 326 and a 2-year mean of 4.61 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #88 of 442 Scopus journals in Biochemistry.
Journal of Lipid Research published 214 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 278. 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 94 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (36.1%), China (21.6%) and Japan (6.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 19 retracted papers are recorded (1.4 per 1,000 papers). 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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