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Metal Ions in Life Sciences
Metal Ions in Life Sciences is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1559-0836Verify ISSN ↗1868-0402Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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)
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Is Metal Ions in Life Sciences indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2018–2021 (also 2010–2016, 2006–2007)).
What is the impact factor of Metal Ions in Life Sciences?
Metal Ions in 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 Metal Ions in Life Sciences and what is its ISSN?
Metal Ions in Life Sciences is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH. Its print ISSN is 1559-0836 and its online ISSN is 1868-0402.
Is Metal Ions in Life Sciences in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Metal Ions in Life Sciences open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Metal Ions in Life Sciences for 13 years, between 2006 and 2021, with 3 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2021, 5 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 127 works and 8,231 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2021, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2021, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Metal Ions in Life Sciences? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Metal Ions in Life Sciences has an h-index of 52 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Metal Ions in Life Sciences published 17 papers in 2016; its busiest recent year was 2012 with 34. 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 Metal Ions in Life Sciences? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2021. 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 2021
- 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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