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Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences
Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Science Press.
ISSN 1006-9305Verify ISSN ↗1862-2798Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Science Press
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Is Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences indexed in Scopus? No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1996–2009).
What is the impact factor of Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences? Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for Web of Science SCIE and SSCI titles — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Is Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences in Web of Science? No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Impact & reach — open metrics via OpenAlex
Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences published 162 papers in 2009. 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 2026-09-24.
Integrity signals — indicators, not proof of misconduct
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2009
- Retracted papers 6 · 4.6 per 1,000 papers
Retractions and authorship from OpenAlex; Scopus status from the Scopus source list. A signal marks something to look at more closely; it is not a finding against the journal.
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