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Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1963

ISSN1432-2099

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.494

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.012

Total Worksi

2,981

Total Citationsi

49,946

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biology; Biophysics; Environmental Sciences; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Radiation.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1963

FrequencyFour No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,981

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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5/11 · 45%

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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?

1432-2099

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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?

N/A

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

776

2019

703

2020

561

2021

506

2022

288

2023

213

2024

113

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.

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

RadiationQ2

BiophysicsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BiologyBiophysicsEnvironmental SciencesRadiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

Scopus Categories

RadiationEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Biophysics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Effects of Radiation ExposureRadiation Dose and ImagingRadiation Therapy and DosimetryRadioactivity and Radon MeasurementsRadioactive contamination and transferCarcinogens and Genotoxicity AssessmentDNA Repair MechanismsRadiation Effects and DosimetryAdvanced Radiotherapy TechniquesNuclear Physics and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Is Radiation and Environmental Biophysics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Radiation and Environmental Biophysics: 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 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics?

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics 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 1.49.

Is Radiation and Environmental Biophysics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Radiation and Environmental Biophysics?