Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Lifeopen access

Country

Switzerland

Universities and research institutions in Switzerland
Media Ranking in Switzerland

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

H-Index

56

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

20751729

Coverage

2011-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

life@mdpi.com

Scope

Life (ISSN 2075-1729) is an international, peer-reviewed scientific open access journal concerned with fundamental themes in life sciences. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. This journal covers all aspects of life sciences. Research fields of interest include but are not limited to: abiogenesis artificial life astrobiology biochemistry biodiversity bioinformatics biomedicine biophysics biotechnology botany cell biology definition of life developmental biology ecology extremophiles evolutionary biology genetics genomics geobiology habitability life detection technology microbiology molecular biology molecular phylogeny neurobiology origins of life paleontology prebiotic chemistry proteomics space life sciences/ space biology structural biology systems biology synthetic biology theoretical biology virology. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2012Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2013Q4
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2014Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2015Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2016Q1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2017Q1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2018Q1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2019Q1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2020Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2021Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2022Q2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2023Q2
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2012Q2
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2013Q4
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2014Q3
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2015Q2
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2016Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2017Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2018Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2019Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2020Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2021Q2
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2022Q2
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2023Q2
Paleontology2012Q2
Paleontology2013Q4
Paleontology2014Q2
Paleontology2015Q2
Paleontology2016Q1
Paleontology2017Q1
Paleontology2018Q1
Paleontology2019Q1
Paleontology2020Q1
Paleontology2021Q2
Paleontology2022Q2
Paleontology2023Q1
Space and Planetary Science2012Q2
Space and Planetary Science2013Q4
Space and Planetary Science2014Q3
Space and Planetary Science2015Q3
Space and Planetary Science2016Q2
Space and Planetary Science2017Q1
Space and Planetary Science2018Q2
Space and Planetary Science2019Q2
Space and Planetary Science2020Q2
Space and Planetary Science2021Q3
Space and Planetary Science2022Q2
Space and Planetary Science2023Q2
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20120.639
20130.161
20140.523
20150.554
20161.604
20171.625
20181.490
20191.086
20200.973
20210.588
20220.634
20230.713
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
20118
201216
201332
201457
201590
201639
201753
201862
201984
2020364
20211431
20222134
20231940
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20121.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.542
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20141.393
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20151.779
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20163.010
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20173.376
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20183.611
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20193.779
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20203.605
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20213.378
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20223.304
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20233.279
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20121.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.542
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20141.393
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20151.867
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20163.179
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20173.339
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20183.687
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20193.110
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20203.709
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20213.371
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20223.283
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20233.292
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20121.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.542
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20141.479
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20152.056
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20163.313
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20173.481
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20182.685
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20193.157
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20203.733
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20213.203
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20223.285
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20233.283
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20110
Self Cites20124
Self Cites20131
Self Cites20144
Self Cites201528
Self Cites201629
Self Cites201741
Self Cites201830
Self Cites201975
Self Cites202088
Self Cites2021216
Self Cites2022393
Self Cites2023396
Total Cites20110
Total Cites20128
Total Cites201313
Total Cites201478
Total Cites2015196
Total Cites2016569
Total Cites2017621
Total Cites2018671
Total Cites2019479
Total Cites2020738
Total Cites20211719
Total Cites20226168
Total Cites202312935
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20110
External Cites per document20120.500
External Cites per document20130.500
External Cites per document20141.321
External Cites per document20151.600
External Cites per document20163.017
External Cites per document20173.118
External Cites per document20183.522
External Cites per document20192.623
External Cites per document20203.266
External Cites per document20212.947
External Cites per document20223.073
External Cites per document20233.191
Cites per document20110.000
Cites per document20121.000
Cites per document20130.542
Cites per document20141.393
Cites per document20151.867
Cites per document20163.179
Cites per document20173.339
Cites per document20183.687
Cites per document20193.110
Cites per document20203.709
Cites per document20213.371
Cites per document20223.283
Cites per document20233.292
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
201125.00
201212.50
201340.63
201429.82
201527.78
201620.51
201715.09
201840.32
201932.14
202032.69
202127.53
202232.71
202325.88
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20110
Non-citable documents20122
Non-citable documents20133
Non-citable documents20145
Non-citable documents20157
Non-citable documents201610
Non-citable documents201712
Non-citable documents20189
Non-citable documents20195
Non-citable documents20203
Non-citable documents20213
Non-citable documents202226
Non-citable documents202365
Citable documents20110
Citable documents20126
Citable documents201321
Citable documents201451
Citable documents201598
Citable documents2016169
Citable documents2017174
Citable documents2018173
Citable documents2019149
Citable documents2020196
Citable documents2021507
Citable documents20221853
Citable documents20233864
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20110
Uncited documents20121
Uncited documents201317
Uncited documents201424
Uncited documents201527
Uncited documents201639
Uncited documents201738
Uncited documents201827
Uncited documents201927
Uncited documents202036
Uncited documents202176
Uncited documents2022312
Uncited documents2023724
Cited documents20110
Cited documents20127
Cited documents20137
Cited documents201432
Cited documents201578
Cited documents2016140
Cited documents2017148
Cited documents2018155
Cited documents2019127
Cited documents2020163
Cited documents2021434
Cited documents20221567
Cited documents20233205
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