Yeast

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1970

ISSN1097-0061

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.626

H-Indexi

153

SNIPi

0.815

Total Worksi

5,269

Total Citationsi

162,812

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Microbiology; Mycology; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Biochemistry; Bioengineering; Genetics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

FrequencyMonthly Plus One Additional Issued In Jan., Apr., July, And Oct., <2005->

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications5,269

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1097-0061

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

1.4k

2019

1.2k

2020

689

2021

443

2022

439

2023

157

2024

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.

Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyQ2

BiotechnologyQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

BiochemistryQ3

BioengineeringQ3

GeneticsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyBiotechnology & Applied MicrobiologyMicrobiologyMycology

Scopus Categories

GeneticsBiotechnologyBiochemistryBioengineeringApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fungal and yeast genetics researchRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsFermentation and Sensory AnalysisYeasts and Rust Fungi StudiesMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionBiofuel production and bioconversionBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyRNA Research and SplicingPolyamine Metabolism and ApplicationsDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Yeast

Is Yeast a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Yeast: 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 Yeast?

Yeast 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 1.33.

Is Yeast indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Yeast is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.