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Life Science Alliance is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.1), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Life Science Alliance, LLC.
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ISSN 2575-1077Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Life Science Alliance, LLC
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant Science | 88 / 541 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Ecology | 80 / 491 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) | 29 / 144 | 80th | Q1 |
| Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis | 49 / 151 | 67th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.1.
Life Science Alliance is Q1 in Plant Science (rank 88 of 541), Q1 in Ecology (rank 80 of 491) and Q1 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (rank 29 of 144), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Life Science Alliance 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 6.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 83rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.498, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 49.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,500 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 Science Alliance is published by Life Science Alliance, LLC. Its ISSN is 2575-1077.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Life Science Alliance has an h-index of 63 and a 2-year mean of 4.54 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #60 of 521 Scopus journals in Plant Science.
Life Science Alliance published 169 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 357. 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (32%), China (9.5%) and Germany (8.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.1 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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