Journal profile

eLife

Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
ISSN2050-084X FormatOnline StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
4.69
Citation rate 8.62 17,013 total citations
h5-index 150 h5 depth signal
Cited share 77.9% 2,527 of 3,245
Total citations 17,013 Citation footprint
Metric signal 7.75 External metric anchor
Self-citation 0.9% 159 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 9,413
United Kingdom 2,467
Germany 2,066
China 1,541
France 1,214

Citing Fields of Research

Cell Biology 4,681
Neurosciences 3,202
Genetics & Genomics 2,426
Cell Differentiation & Development 1,612
Immunology 1,221

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 19,597 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 3,245 2,527 cited publications
Last 12 months 1,146 95.5 publications/month
Open access share 100.0% 1,146 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 9,413 citing publications
Leading citing field Cell Biology 4,681 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 16 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v1, 2012-
PubMed
v1, 2012-
PMC
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Neurosciences Cell Biology Genetics & Genomics Immunology Cell Differentiation & Development

Broad Categories

Biology Neurosciences Genetics & Genomics Cancer & Development Cell Biology Cancer, Autophagy & Apoptosis Bacteriology

MeSH Descriptors

Biological Science Disciplines Medicine

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

03
Chung-Chih Liu, Nicolas Seban, Supriya Srinivasan
The intestine integrates food-derived cues to coordinate organismal physiology, yet the molecular specialization of discrete regions along the intestinal epithelium remains unclear. Here, we generate cell type-specific translatomes of th...
05
Naoko Toshima, Arman Behrad, Franziska Behnke et al.
Two evolutionary highly conserved functions of dopamine are to carry ‘teaching’ signals during associative learning and to control movement. In mammals and humans, these functions are generally thought to be produced by different populat...
07
Silke Rimaux, Robert P de Vries
Bovine mammary tissue can support infection and replication of diverse influenza A viruses and may provide an environment in which different viral strains can co-infect cells.
08
William Broderick, Gizem Rufo, Jonathan Winawer et al.
The ability of humans to discriminate and identify spatial patterns varies across the visual field and is generally worse in the periphery than in the fovea. This decline in performance is revealed in many kinds of tasks, from detection ...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Mode of access: World Wide Web.