Lab on a Chip

pISSN: 1473-0197eISSN: 1473-0189• JCR: LAB CHIPRoyal Society of ChemistryUnited Kingdom
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2026 Impact Factor

6.3

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 0.9 (+16.7%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    6.3
  2. Metric year 2024

    5.4

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH METHODSSCIEQ1
CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICALSCIEQ1
CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARYSCIEQ2
INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATIONSCIEQ1
NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGYSCIEQ2
Q1
JCR Quartile
B2
CAS Block

Lab on a Chip current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Engineering

Ranked #554 in Engineering by impact factor and #534 among Q1 Engineering journals. This context helps compare Lab on a Chip against journals publishing in the same field.

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Lab on a Chip publication trend

Published 2,227 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 6.3.

2026 vs 2025: -439
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Journal Details

Total Articles
11,652
H-Index
279
Open Access
Hybrid
Subject Areas
Biomedical EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringBiomedical Engineering

Article Volume

2022
495
2023
495
2024
490
2025
593
2026
154
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