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FEBS Letters

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States

ISSN0014-5793eISSN1873-3468

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.181

H-Indexi

391

SNIPi

0.766

Total Worksi

59,851

Total Citationsi

2,453,274

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.32

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biophysics; Cell Biology; Biochemistry; Genetics; Molecular Biology; Structural Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency69 No. A Year, <1999->

StatusActive

Total Publications59,851

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0014-5793 / 1873-3468

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

429

10k

2019

327

7.8k

2020

262

4.2k

2021

323

4.1k

2022

254

2.1k

2023

315

1.8k

2024

324

575

2025

209

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyBiophysicsCell Biology

Scopus Categories

GeneticsBiochemistryBiophysicsStructural BiologyMolecular BiologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Photosynthetic Processes and MechanismsRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsMitochondrial Function and PathologyIon channel regulation and functionEnzyme Structure and Function

Frequently asked questions about FEBS Letters

Is FEBS Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for FEBS Letters: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of FEBS Letters?

FEBS Letters is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.32.

Is FEBS Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

FEBS Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of FEBS Letters?