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Lifestyle Medicine

Lifestyle Medicine is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.9), DOAJ. Published by John Wiley and Sons Inc.

Checked against the index lists dated 4 October 2026.

ISSN 2688-3740Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc

Scopus · Q2Open Access

2.9

CiteScore 2025

Scopus

Best quartile

rank 160 of 387 · 58th pctile

Indexed in

major indexes

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ScopusElsevier Scopus

Status

Active

Coverage

2020–present

Source type

Journal

Open access

Yes

CiteScore

2.9

SJR · SCImago

0.748

Q2 SJR quartile

H-index

Best quartile

Q2 · 58th pctile

Subject area	Rank	Pctile	Q
Health (social science)	160 / 387	58th	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	205 / 466	56th	Q2
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health	354 / 725	51st	Q2
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine	212 / 409	48th	Q3
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine	90 / 165	45th	Q3
Geriatrics and Gerontology	79 / 123	36th	Q3
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism	167 / 250	33rd	Q3

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Open accessFully open access, peer reviewed

Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)

Quick answers

Is Lifestyle Medicine indexed in Scopus?

Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.9.

What quartile is Lifestyle Medicine in Scopus?

Lifestyle Medicine is Q2 in Health (social science) (rank 160 of 387), Q2 in Medicine (miscellaneous) (rank 205 of 466) and Q2 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 354 of 725), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 7 subject areas in all.

What is the impact factor of Lifestyle Medicine?

Lifestyle Medicine is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.9, quartile Q2, 58th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.748, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 11.

How much does it cost to publish in Lifestyle Medicine?

The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,980 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.

Who publishes Lifestyle Medicine and what is its ISSN?

Lifestyle Medicine is published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. Its ISSN is 2688-3740.

Is Lifestyle Medicine in Web of Science?

No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is Lifestyle Medicine open access?

Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.

How well cited is Lifestyle Medicine? — open metrics via OpenAlex

Lifestyle Medicine has an h-index of 16 and a 2-year mean of 0.81 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #250 of 378 Scopus journals in Health (social science).

h-index

0.81

2-yr mean citations

i10-index

443

works indexed

1,144

total citations

Publication fee · open access list price, US$

US$2,980

2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject

#250 of 378 Bottom 34% Health (social science)

#280 of 451 Bottom 38% Medicine (miscellaneous)

#486 of 710 Bottom 32% Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Papers published per year

Lifestyle Medicine published 82 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 126. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics

Obesity and Health PracticesObesity, Physical Activity, DietDiet and metabolism studiesPhysical Activity and Health

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.

Who publishes in Lifestyle Medicine? — latest 95 articles, 2022–2026

In its latest 95 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (27.3%), United States (24.1%) and Australia (4.3%).

Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.

Are there integrity warnings for Lifestyle Medicine? — indicators, not proof of misconduct

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.

Scopus statusActive
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.

Official sources & links

Journal website ↗ Scopus source ↗ DOAJ ↗ ISSN Portal · 2688-3740 ↗

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