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Current Protein and Peptide Science

Bentham Science Publishers · United Arab Emirates · Est. 2000

ISSN1389-2037eISSN1875-5550

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.529

H-Indexi

113

SNIPi

0.587

Total Worksi

1,972

Total Citationsi

60,137

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Biochemistry; Molecular Biology; Cell Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Arab Emirates

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

FrequencyTwelve Issues Per Year, 2017-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,972

Publisher OrgBentham Science Publishers

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Bentham Science Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1389-2037 / 1875-5550

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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

132

3.1k

2019

106

1.4k

2020

757

2021

731

2022

533

2023

195

2024

127

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

BiochemistryQ3

Molecular BiologyQ3

Cell BiologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryMedicine (miscellaneous)Cell BiologyMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Protein Structure and DynamicsAntimicrobial Peptides and ActivitiesComputational Drug Discovery MethodsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsMachine Learning in BioinformaticsEnzyme Structure and FunctionChemical Synthesis and AnalysisProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesBiochemical and Structural Characterization

Frequently asked questions about Current Protein and Peptide Science

Is Current Protein and Peptide Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Protein and Peptide Science: 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 Current Protein and Peptide Science?

Current Protein and Peptide Science 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 1.40.

Is Current Protein and Peptide Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Protein and Peptide Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Current Protein and Peptide Science?