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Life is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.1), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 2075-1729Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paleontology | 1 / 121 | 99th | Q1 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 62 / 736 | 91st | Q1 |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) | 44 / 223 | 80th | Q1 |
| Space and Planetary Science | 23 / 105 | 78th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.1.
Life is Q1 in Paleontology (rank 1 of 121), Q1 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 62 of 736) and Q1 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) (rank 44 of 223), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Life 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 7.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 99th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.869, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 88.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,137 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.
Life is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its ISSN is 2075-1729.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Life has an h-index of 109 and a 2-year mean of 3.73 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #3 of 113 Scopus journals in Paleontology.
Life published 1,966 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 2,311. 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 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (17.4%), Türkiye (9.5%) and Romania (9.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 12 retracted papers are recorded (1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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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