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Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0960-0760eISSN1879-1220

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.756

H-Indexi

188

SNIPi

0.765

Total Worksi

8,425

Total Citationsi

303,583

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is devoted to experimental and theoretical developments in areas related to steroids, sterols, hopanoids, vitamin D, and lipids. The journal covers functional analyses of signal transduction pathways, impact on molecular biology, steroid-related tools, synthesis and analysis methods, and reference data. It also publishes studies on steroid signal transduction pathways, functional annotation of genes, kinetics of metabolic pathways, and the creation of resources for metabolomics and systems biology analyses.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencySix No. A Year, 2013-

StatusActive

Total Publications8,425

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

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?

0960-0760 / 1879-1220

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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

268

8.3k

2019

163

4.4k

2020

168

2.7k

2021

120

1.1k

2022

148

1.3k

2023

142

879

2024

195

574

2025

123

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.

BiochemistryQ2

Clinical BiochemistryQ2

Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyEndocrinology & Metabolism

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryClinical BiochemistryEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismEndocrinologyMolecular MedicineMolecular BiologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Estrogen and related hormone effectsVitamin D Research StudiesHormonal and reproductive studiesHormonal Regulation and HypertensionPharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Is Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: 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 Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology?

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 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 2.58.

Is Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.