eLife
Last updated ISSN 2050-084X
eLife is published by eLife Sciences Publications Ltd in neuroscience. It is open access. The article processing charge is $2,500.
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What it publishes
Recent work in eLife concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- RNA modifications and cancer
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Cellular transport and secretion
- Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
Key facts
| Publisher | eLife Sciences Publications Ltd |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2050-084X |
| Subject area | Neuroscience |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $2,500 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 32,805 |
| Publishing since | 1883 |
| Journal website | elifesciences.org/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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