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Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Oxford University Press · United States · Est. 1924

ISSN0916-8451eISSN1347-6947

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.425

H-Indexi

159

SNIPi

0.481

Total Worksi

14,569

Total Citationsi

341,786

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

An English periodical consisting of research papers and reviews dealing with life phenomena of animals, plants, and microorganisms, the structures and systems for their production, adding further details, from basic to applied.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1924

Annual Volume~ 200 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications14,569

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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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?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0916-8451 / 1347-6947

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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

293

4.8k

2019

238

2020

301

2.7k

2021

214

1.3k

2022

184

908

2023

215

665

2024

202

214

2025

133

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.

Analytical ChemistryQ3

Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyQ3

BiochemistryQ3

BiotechnologyQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Organic ChemistryQ3

Molecular BiologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyBiotechnology & Applied MicrobiologyChemistry, AppliedFood Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologyBiochemistryAnalytical ChemistryOrganic ChemistryApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyMedicine (miscellaneous)Molecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Enzyme Production and CharacterizationBiofuel production and bioconversionMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionEnzyme Catalysis and ImmobilizationMicrobial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology

Frequently asked questions about Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Is Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry: 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 Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry?

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 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 1.29.

Is Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.