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Archives of Biological Sciences

Institut za Bioloska Istrazivanja · Serbia

ISSN0354-4664eISSN1821-4339
SJR Q3WOS SCIEScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.249
H-Indexi
42
SNIPi
0.28
Total Worksi
2,191
Total Citationsi
17,282
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.93
Open Impact Factor alternative
Retractions
36
Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

About the Journal Focus and Scope Peer Review Process Publication Frequency Open Access Policy Copyright Research Data Policy Preprint Policy Editorial Process Publishing Ethics Conflict of Interest Procedures for dealing with unethical behavior Self-archiving Policy OnLine First Indexing Publication Charges Cover Design Disclaimer Ethics Statement Sponsors Journal History Focus and Scope The Archives of Biological Sciences is published quarterly in an open-access electronic format. The journal utilises the Open Journal System (OJS), an open-source software platform for managing peer-reviewed academic journals, developed by the Public Knowledge Project and released under the GNU General Public License. Instructions for the submission using OJS are available on the following link https://openjournalsystems.com/ojs-3-user-guide/submitting-an-article/ The Archives of Biological Sciences does not charge authors an article processing charge (APC). Submitted manuscripts should be full-length original research articles, excluding narrative reviews, technical reports, short communications, pilot/exploratory studies, comments, notes, data articles, case reports, and narrative reviews. The Archives of Biological Sciences is a multidisciplinary journal covering original research in life sciences, including biology, ecology, human biology, and biomedical research, featuring research in genetics, botany, zoology, the ecology of higher and lower terrestrial and aquatic plants and animals, prokaryote biology, algology, mycology, entomology, biological systematics, evolution, biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, including all aspects of normal cell functioning, from embryonic to differentiated tissues and in different pathological states, molecular physiology, chronobiology, thermal biology, cryobiology, radiobiology, neurobiology, immunology, human biology, including the molecular basis of specific human pathologies, genotyping of disease, disease management. Subjects not con

General Information

Country / RegionSerbia
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
Frequencyquarterly
StatusActive
Total Publications2,191
Publisher OrgUniversity of Belgrade, University of Novi Sad
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access
Peer ReviewSingle-blind
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Institut za Bioloska Istrazivanja
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0354-4664 / 1821-4339
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
67
474
2019
57
349
2020
48
209
2021
34
97
2022
42
124
2023
39
78
2024
36
19
2025
21
2
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)Q3
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biology

Scopus Categories

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

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesSubterranean biodiversity and taxonomyEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorSpider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies

Frequently asked questions about Archives of Biological Sciences

Is Archives of Biological Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Archives of Biological Sciences: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Archives of Biological Sciences?

Archives of Biological Sciences 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 0.93.

Is Archives of Biological Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Archives of Biological Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Archives of Biological Sciences?

About the Journal Focus and Scope Peer Review Process Publication Frequency Open Access Policy Copyright Research Data Policy Preprint Policy Editorial Process Publishing Ethics Conflict of Interest Procedures for dealing with unethical behavior Self-archiving Policy OnLine First Indexing Publication Charges Cover Design Disclaimer Ethics Statement Sponsors Journal History Focus and Scope The Archives of Biological Sciences is published quarterly in an open-access electronic format. The journal utilises the Open Journal System (OJS), an open-source software platform for managing peer-reviewed

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref