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Trends in Biotechnology

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0167-7799eISSN1879-3096

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.46

H-Indexi

311

SNIPi

2.266

Total Worksi

6,287

Total Citationsi

454,061

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Bioengineering; Biotechnology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 220 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications6,287

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0167-7799 / 1879-3096

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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

140

11k

2019

190

15k

2020

136

6.7k

2021

168

6.7k

2022

183

4.4k

2023

190

3.3k

2024

286

1.8k

2025

233

178

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.

BioengineeringQ1

BiotechnologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologyBioengineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

CRISPR and Genetic EngineeringMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research3D Printing in Biomedical Research

Frequently asked questions about Trends in Biotechnology

Is Trends in Biotechnology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Trends in Biotechnology: 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 Trends in Biotechnology?

Trends in Biotechnology 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 5.90.

Is Trends in Biotechnology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Trends in Biotechnology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Trends in Biotechnology?