Journal profile

Lipids in health and disease

Publisher: BioMed Central
ISSN1476-511X FormatOnline StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

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

Impact Factor
4.62
Citation rate 8.53 4,806 total citations
h5-index 58 h5 depth signal
Cited share 92.9% 603 of 649
Total citations 4,806 Citation footprint
Metric signal 8.53 External metric anchor
Self-citation 3.9% 187 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

China 1,852
United States 226
Iran 95
Japan 82
Germany 79

Citing Fields of Research

Lipids 1,409
Diabetes 793
Cardiology 548
Endocrinology & Metabolism 325
Hepatitis 281

Publishing Activity & Reach

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

All-time article footprint 4,281 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 649 603 cited publications
Last 12 months 342 28.5 publications/month
Open access share 100.0% 342 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country China 1,852 citing publications
Leading citing field Lipids 1,409 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 16 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v4n1, Jan. 2005-
PubMed
v1n1, 2002-
PMC
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Lipids Diabetes Cardiology Nutrition & Dietetics Endocrinology & Metabolism

Broad Categories

Biochemistry Metabolism Lipids Diabetes Hepatitis Urology Nutrition & Dietetics Genetics & Genomics

MeSH Descriptors

Hyperlipidemias Lipids Nutritional Physiological Phenomena

Latest Publications

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

02
Emmalee Gisslevik, Martina Torrissen, Angela Maria Rizzo et al.
Background: Long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, including eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), as well as compositional measures such as the arachidonic acid-to-EPA ratio (AA/EPA), have been extensively...
04
Tahereh Kalantari, Afshin Borhani-Haghighi, Mohammad Ali Takhshid
Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) induces neurovascular injury and systemic inflammatory and metabolic responses that alter high-density lipoprotein (HDL) particles. HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) measures cholesterol mass in HDL particles but does n...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Title from home page (viewed Mar. 7, 2003).

Articles added consecutively to current annual v.

Electronic journal available in HTML and PDF file formats.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.