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European Biophysics Journal

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

ISSN1432-1017
SJR Q3WOS SCIEScopus / 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.496
H-Indexi
113
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
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1432-1017
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
single-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
105
933
2019
69
800
2020
99
1.5k
2021
45
402
2022
67
635
2023
34
108
2024
75
117
2025
55
25
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. 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.

What is the aims and scope of European Biophysics Journal?

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.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref