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International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1971

ISSN1357-2725eISSN1878-5875

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

0.937

H-Indexi

237

SNIPi

0.773

Total Worksi

6,528

Total Citationsi

360,548

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.12

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Aims & Scope

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,528

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1357-2725 / 1878-5875

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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

177

2019

151

3.8k

2020

149

2.7k

2021

122

1.5k

2022

701

2023

135

876

2024

180

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.

BiochemistryQ2

Cell BiologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyCell Biology

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mitochondrial Function and PathologyHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesCell Adhesion Molecules ResearchEducational Robotics and EngineeringRNA modifications and cancerRNA Research and SplicingUbiquitin and proteasome pathwaysAutophagy in Disease and TherapyMicroRNA in disease regulation

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Is International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell 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 International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology?

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell 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 3.12.

Is International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology?