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Journal of Biosciences

Springer · India

ISSN0250-5991eISSN0973-7138

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-07-07). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.474

H-Indexi

110

SNIPi

0.632

Total Worksi

3,832

Total Citationsi

74,430

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.98

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Journal of Biosciences covers all areas of Biology. The journal's focal points include cell biology, cancer research, gene, gene knockdown, and computational biology. Featured cell biology works incorporate elements from regulator and DNA.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications3,832

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0250-5991 / 0973-7138

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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

156

2.8k

2019

152

3.6k

2020

120

1.8k

2021

699

2022

314

2023

400

2024

108

2025

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biology

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

RNA and protein synthesis mechanismsPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsProtein Structure and DynamicsPlant and animal studiesCRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Biosciences

Is Journal of Biosciences a predatory journal?

Journal of Biosciences was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-07-07). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Biosciences?

Journal of Biosciences 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 1.98.

Is Journal of Biosciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Biosciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.