POSIIndexedC-Q1Zone 2Partially verifiedCurrent

eLife

eLife Sciences Publications Ltd · United Kingdom

POSI-J-000550eISSN 2050-084X

Journal website Publications Record JSON

Evaluation status

POSI-EVAL-1.0

1 · Core Collection

Indexed, not certified

Listed in the journal directory. Certification is by application.

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2 · PQF

Not assessed

Eligibility framework; not a citation metric.

What PQF measures

3 · Citation ranking

CITATION-RANK-1.0

278 / 2027C-Q1Zone 2

In Biological Sciences · percentile 86.3

PNCI 1.09 · 9492 eligible items · coverage 100.0%

Snapshot: September 2026

Ranking method

PQF is an eligibility and quality-framework assessment. It is not a citation ranking metric and does not determine Citation Quartiles or POSI Zones. PCS is a supplementary citation indicator and does not determine the official POSI Citation Rank, Citation Percentile, Citation Quartile, or POSI Zone.

Citations and output

Citation score (PCS): 13.23; Supplementary · 2022–2025 · 9,491 items · PCS-1.0; Adequate sample; How it is calculated
Articles: 112,713; OpenAlex / Crossref
Subject: Biological Sciences; P1.06 · confidence high

Ranking history

2026currentC-Q1Zone 2
Biological Sciences · rank 278 of 2,027

Editions are kept as published; each ranks the journal within its category that year.

Record details

Identity

POSI ID · posi-data registry/ · identifier: POSI-J-000550
eISSN · ISSN Portal / Crossref · identifier: 2050-084X
OpenAlex source · OpenAlex · identifier: S1336409049
Title · ISSN Portal / Crossref · registry: eLife
Publisher · Crossref / OpenAlex · registry: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd

Not recorded: pISSN, ISSN country

Declared by the publisher

Stated by the journal about itself. POSI records these as declared and does not present them as measured.

Declared country · Publisher · declared: United Kingdom
Language · Publisher / DOAJ · declared: English
Website · Publisher · declared: elifesciences.org/

Not recorded: Frequency, License, Peer review, Article processing charge

Registry and computed values

Open access · DOAJ / OpenAlex · registry: Yes

Not recorded: DOAJ status

Verification: Partially verified

ISSN resolved to an OpenAlex source record; journal-level evidence not reviewed by POSI.

Freshness: Current

Updated 2026-08-10. Record updated within 6 months of the data cutoff.

Indexed, benchmark set

Indexed. Also in the Global Benchmark reference set that POSI uses to validate its methodology.

How states are assigned

Cite this record

Panorama Open Scholarly Index. (2026). eLife [journal record, POSI-J-000550]. https://posi.panorama-sg.com/journal/bench-elife-0293/