Biologia

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 2006

ISSN1336-9563

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.

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📊 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

0.386

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.62

Total Worksi

4,243

Total Citationsi

43,399

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Biologia is a high-quality research journal covering all facets of microbial, plant, and animal sciences. Encompasses Cellular and Molecular Biology, dealing with Bacteria, Archaea, and microbial Eucarya. Covers fundamental research in Botany, including ecology, biodiversity, geobotany, taxonomy, and genetics. Highlights Zoology, focusing on animal systematics, taxonomy, morphology, ecology, and physiology. Accepts original experimental, methodological, or theoretical research as well as review articles and short communications.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

FrequencyBimonthly, 1993-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,243

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1336-9563

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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

214

2.5k

2019

250

3.1k

2020

294

2.9k

2021

348

2.5k

2022

277

1.4k

2023

267

928

2024

219

290

2025

240

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.

Animal Science and ZoologyQ2

Plant ScienceQ2

BiochemistryQ3

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ3

Cell BiologyQ4

GeneticsQ4

Molecular BiologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biology

Scopus Categories

Molecular BiologyCell BiologyAnimal Science and ZoologyGeneticsBiochemistryEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPlant Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesPlant and animal studiesInsect-Plant Interactions and ControlAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and BehaviorPlant Stress Responses and ToleranceEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecologyStudy of Mite SpeciesAquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton DynamicsPlant tissue culture and regeneration

Frequently asked questions about Biologia

Is Biologia a predatory journal?

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

Biologia 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 1.53.

Is Biologia indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biologia is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.