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Lasers in the Life Sciences
Lasers in the Life Sciences is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Old City Publishing.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 0886-0467Verify ISSN ↗1543-8694Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Old City Publishing
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 Lasers in the Life Sciences indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1986–2001).
What is the impact factor of Lasers in the Life Sciences?
Lasers in the Life Sciences 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 Lasers in the Life Sciences and what is its ISSN?
Lasers in the Life Sciences is published by Old City Publishing. Its print ISSN is 0886-0467 and its online ISSN is 1543-8694.
Is Lasers in the Life Sciences in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Lasers in the Life Sciences open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Lasers in the Life Sciences for 16 years, between 1986 and 2001. Coverage ended in 2001, 25 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 4 works and 34 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 1993, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2001, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Lasers in the Life Sciences? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Lasers in the Life Sciences has an h-index of 2 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Lasers in the Life Sciences published 1 papers in 1993; its busiest recent year was 1992 with 2. 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 Lasers in the Life Sciences? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2001. 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 2001
- 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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