Heliyon
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| Discipline | Multidisciplinary |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2015–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Yes | |
| License | CC BY |
| 3.4 (2023) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Heliyon |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 2405-8440 |
| OCLC no. | 934910176 |
| Links | |
Heliyon is a monthly peer-reviewed open-access mega journal covering research in science, medicine and engineering. Its counter-part for arts, humanities and law is journal Social Sciences and Humanities Open. Unlike most of its competitors, the journal publishes works reporting negative/null results, incremental advances, and replication studies,[1] thus filling the market niche, which became vacant after the discontinuation of Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine in 2017.
Heliyon was launched in 2015 by Cell Press, a division of Elsevier. According to the publisher's website: "the [journal's] name is all about shining light on important research. Helios was the Greek god of the sun. This root word gave us inspiration, as we want this journal to illuminate knowledge across a broad spectrum."[2]
The journal is divided into numerous sections, each with its own editorial team. All articles are published in Heliyon under a CC BY open access license.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- CAB Abstracts[3]
- Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences[4]
- Directory of Open Access Journals[5]
- Food Science and Technology Abstracts[6]
- Science Citation Index Expanded[4]
- Scopus[7]
- The Zoological Record.[4]
Heliyon is not indexed in the Web of Science as of 5 October 2024. The corresponding webpage states: "Concerns have been raised about the quality of the content published in this journal. The journal is being re-evaluated according to our selection criteria; new content will not be indexed during the course of the re-evaluation."[8]
References
- ^ "Cell Press: Heliyon".
- ^ "New open access journal Heliyon opens for submissions". www.elsevier.com.
- ^ "Serials cited". CAB Abstracts. CABI. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- ^ a b c "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate . Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- ^ "Elsevier Unethically Promotes its Journals via Scopus: The Case of Heliyon". scholarlycritic.com.
- ^ "Heliyon". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- ^ "Source details: Heliyon". Scopus Preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- ^ "Master Journal List". Clarivate.