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European Biophysics Journal

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1974

ISSN1432-1017

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

168

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 151d

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.496

H-Indexi

113

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.764

Total Worksi

3,807

Total Citationsi

91,469

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Advances understanding of biological structure, dynamics and function by applying physical science principles. Covers diverse areas including structure and dynamics of biological macromolecules, membrane biophysics, cell biophysics, biophysical methods and more. Encourages submission of both experimental and theoretical work. Welcomes submissions of methods, software and databases that are new or substantially improves existing approaches in biophysics.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1974

FrequencySix No. A Year, 1998-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,807

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewsingle-blind

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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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?

1432-1017

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

105

926

2019

782

2020

1.4k

2021

391

2022

608

2023

100

2024

105

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.

BiophysicsQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biophysics

Scopus Categories

BiophysicsMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Lipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorProtein Structure and DynamicsIon channel regulation and functionPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical StudiesEnzyme Structure and FunctionDNA and Nucleic Acid ChemistryForce Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchHemoglobin structure and function

Frequently asked questions about European Biophysics Journal

Is European Biophysics Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for European Biophysics Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of European Biophysics Journal?

European Biophysics Journal 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 1.13.

Is European Biophysics Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

European Biophysics Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.