Journal profile · Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lipids
ISSN 0024-4201 · eISSN 1558-9307 · Springer Berlin Heidelberg · GERMANY · Monthly · Founded 1966
Lipids: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.55; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,589; median 133 days to acceptance (89 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 71 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Lipids is published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fatty Acid Research and Health, Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis and Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism, together about 37.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Biochemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
<em>Lipids</em> is a high-quality, peer-reviewed journal covering the full range of lipid research, including chemistry, biochemistry, basic and clinical nutrition, and metabolism.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fatty Acid Research and HealthNursing18.6%
- Lipid metabolism and biosynthesisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.8%
- Cholesterol and Lipid MetabolismMedicine7.9%
- Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated ReceptorsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.5%
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative StressMedicine4.6%
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.6%
- Adipose Tissue and MetabolismMedicine4.2%
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.55LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 114LetPub ·
- h-index
- 188OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6,422OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.04OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 26.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 59LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 59Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 130,330Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9,754 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | 33 | 8 |
| 2025 | 71 | 35 | 97 |
| 2024 | 44 | 16 | 77 |
| 2023 | 30 | 17 | 93 |
| 2022 | 34 | 16 | 226 |
| 2021 | 44 | 13 | 380 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
133 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 84 days – 178 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (89 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 151 days
- Sample
- 89 articles with submission and acceptance dates (127 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 31%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 33 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 153 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,589 / EUR 3,020 / GBP 2,390 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1966
- ISSN
- 0024-4201
- Electronic ISSN
- 1558-9307
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Lipids
What CAS zone is Lipids in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Lipids is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Biochemistry & Molecular Biology / Nutrition & Dietetics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Lipids?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.55; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 188.
How long does peer review take at Lipids?
Based on the dates recorded on 89 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 133 days (interquartile range 84–178 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 31% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Lipids?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Lipids is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Lipids open access, and what is the APC?
Lipids is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,589.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .