Discover Life

Aims & Scope

We are pleased to announce that Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres became fully open access (OA) on 1 January 2024 and moved into our Discover series as Discover Life.

As a result, all submissions are subject to an article publication charge (APC) if accepted (unless a waiver is applied) and will be published in Discover Life.

Please see our FAQs journal update for more information on APCs, funding options, and waivers.

Discover Life is a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal that supports multidisciplinary research and policy developments across all fields relevant to life science.

The journal aims to be a resource for researchers, policy makers and the general public for recent advances in life science, and its uses in research development and society.

As a fully open access journal, we ensure that our research is highly discoverable and instantly available globally to everyone.

The journal particularly welcomes work that aims to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially, Good Health and Well-Being; Life below Water, Life on Land.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Earth and Planetary Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Earth and Planetary Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 1,140.00 EUR. Learn more.

Explore journals without APCs for alternative publishing options.