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eLife

eLife Sciences Publications
eLife Sciences Publications
ISSN: 2050084X
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
6.4
SJR
3.932
CiteScore
12.9
Categories
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)
Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Neuroscience (miscellaneous)
Areas
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Immunology and Microbiology
Medicine
Neuroscience
Years of issue
2012-2025
journal names
eLife
Publications
18 985
Citations
740 667
h-index
250
Publications
11 212
Citations
578 549
Top-3 citing journals
eLife
eLife (22555 citations)
Nature Communications
Nature Communications (19167 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1331 publications)
Harvard University
Harvard University (980 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (549 publications)
Harvard University
Harvard University (448 publications)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (369 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (283 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (10380 publications)
United Kingdom (2913 publications)
Germany (2438 publications)
USA (5427 publications)
United Kingdom (1548 publications)
Germany (1319 publications)

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7942 citations, 1.07%
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