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iScience impact factor, and the open numbers behind it.
Short answer
The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 4.85 citations per paper for iScience, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Key metrics
- Two-year mean citedness
- 4.85Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
- h-index
- 141Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
- Papers in 2025
- 2,80817,561 in totalSource: OpenAlex
- Access
- OpenAPC about $3,240Source: OpenAlex
Papers per year.
How many works iScience published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.
Fig. 1Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
What iScience publishes.
Mostly Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Infectious Diseases and Oncology, within Multidisciplinary.
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.
Journals with a similar citation profile.
| Journal | Two-year mean citedness | h-index | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| iScience | 4.85 | 141 | Open |
| Scientific Reports | 5.31 | 462 | Open |
| PLOS ONE | 3.48 | 594 | Open |
| PNAS | 8.95 | 1,167 | Subscription |
| Science Advances | 13.32 | 378 | Open |
About iScience.
Comment 1What is the iScience impact factor?
The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 4.85 citations per paper for iScience, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Comment 2Is iScience open access?
Yes, iScience is fully open access, with an article processing charge of about $3,240.
Comment 3How many papers does iScience publish a year?
OpenAlex records 2,808 works in 2025, and 17,561 in total.
Sources
- 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026
The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.