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Bioinformatics

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1992

ISSN1367-4811

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

2.527

H-Indexi

564

SNIPi

1.475

Total Worksi

19,288

Total Citationsi

2,758,591

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemical Research Methods; Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Mathematical & Computational Biology; Biochemistry; Computational Mathematics; Computational Theory and Mathematics; Computer Science Applications; Molecular Biology; Statistics and Probability.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1992

FrequencyTwenty-Four No. A Year, 2005-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications19,288

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

OA Since2022

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1367-4811

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

980

87k

2019

996

47k

2020

929

33k

2021

861

31k

2022

810

16k

2023

803

9.5k

2024

662

2025

644

225

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.

BiochemistryQ1

Computational MathematicsQ1

Computational Theory and MathematicsQ1

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Molecular BiologyQ1

Statistics and ProbabilityQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemical Research MethodsBiotechnology & Applied MicrobiologyMathematical & Computational Biology

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryComputer Science ApplicationsComputational MathematicsComputational Theory and MathematicsStatistics and ProbabilityMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bioinformatics and Genomic NetworksGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesGene expression and cancer classificationMachine Learning in BioinformaticsProtein Structure and DynamicsGenetic Associations and EpidemiologySingle-cell and spatial transcriptomicsRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsGene Regulatory Network Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Bioinformatics

Is Bioinformatics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Bioinformatics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Bioinformatics?

Bioinformatics 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 5.55.

Is Bioinformatics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Bioinformatics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.