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Turkish Journal of Biology

TUBITAK · Turkey · Est. 1986

ISSN1300-0152eISSN1303-6092

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.424

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.31

Total Worksi

1,328

Total Citationsi

17,893

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Turkish Journal of Biology is a journal established by TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey). It publishes original research articles, review articles, and short communications in all fields of biology. The journal aims to provide a platform for researchers to share their findings and contribute to the advancement of biological sciences.

General Information

Country / RegionTurkey

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1986

FrequencyBimonthly, 2011-

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,328

Publisher OrgScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer-reviewed

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

TUBITAK

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1300-0152 / 1303-6092

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Peer-reviewed

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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

643

2019

1.3k

2020

730

2021

564

2022

220

2023

174

2024

181

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biology

Scopus Categories

GeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)PhysiologyMicrobiologyMolecular BiologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant tissue culture and regenerationEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityPlant Stress Responses and TolerancePlant Genetic and Mutation StudiesEnzyme Production and CharacterizationBiofuel production and bioconversionMesenchymal stem cell researchInsect Resistance and GeneticsPhytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesMicroRNA in disease regulation

Frequently asked questions about Turkish Journal of Biology

Is Turkish Journal of Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Turkish Journal of 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 Turkish Journal of Biology?

Turkish Journal of 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 2.08.

Is Turkish Journal of Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Turkish Journal of Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.