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Biological Cybernetics

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1969

ISSN1432-0770

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

0.462

H-Indexi

202

SNIPi

0.779

Total Worksi

4,272

Total Citationsi

230,215

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.68

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Cybernetics; Neurosciences; Computer Science (miscellaneous); Biotechnology.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

Annual Volume~ 25 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,272

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

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?

1432-0770

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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

660

2019

419

2020

574

2021

238

2022

186

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.

Computer Science (miscellaneous)Q2

BiotechnologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, CyberneticsNeurosciences

Scopus Categories

Computer Science (miscellaneous)Biotechnology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neural dynamics and brain functionVisual perception and processing mechanismsNeural Networks and ApplicationsMuscle activation and electromyography studiesMotor Control and Adaptationstochastic dynamics and bifurcationNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchNeuroscience and Neural EngineeringNonlinear Dynamics and Pattern FormationAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing

Frequently asked questions about Biological Cybernetics

Is Biological Cybernetics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biological Cybernetics: 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 Biological Cybernetics?

Biological Cybernetics 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 1.68.

Is Biological Cybernetics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biological Cybernetics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Biological Cybernetics?