BioRisk

Pensoft Publishers · Bulgaria · Est. 2008

ISSN1313-2644

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2016-10-13). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal has not published enough articles. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 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

0.243

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.572

Total Worksi

203

Total Citationsi

2,894

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Insect Science; Plant Science.

General Information

Country / RegionBulgaria

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 9 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications203

Publisher OrgPensoft Publishers

OA Since2007

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSSPortico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Pensoft Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1313-2644

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

CLOCKSS, Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

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

2019

2020

2021

164

2022

2023

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Animal Science and ZoologyQ3

EcologyQ3

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Insect ScienceQ3

Plant ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Insect SciencePlant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Digitalization, Law, and RegulationSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeForest Insect Ecology and ManagementInsect-Plant Interactions and ControlInsect and Pesticide ResearchPlant and animal studiesFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecologyEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesGenetically Modified Organisms ResearchBotany and Plant Ecology Studies

Frequently asked questions about BioRisk

Is BioRisk a predatory journal?

BioRisk was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal has not published enough articles" (2016-10-13). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of BioRisk?

BioRisk is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.243.

Is BioRisk indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BioRisk is indexed in Scopus.