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Biostatistics

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1987

ISSN1465-4644eISSN1468-4357

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% 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.

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SJR Scorei

1.24

H-Indexi

129

SNIPi

1.341

Total Worksi

1,584

Total Citationsi

98,034

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mathematical & Computational Biology; Statistics & Probability; Medicine (miscellaneous); Statistics and Probability; Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,584

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer review

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?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1465-4644 / 1468-4357

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer review

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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

1.2k

2019

860

2020

421

2021

437

2022

177

2023

106

190

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Statistics and ProbabilityQ1

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mathematical & Computational BiologyStatistics & Probability

Scopus Categories

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyMedicine (miscellaneous)Statistics and Probability

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Statistical Methods and InferenceStatistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceStatistical Methods in Clinical TrialsAdvanced Causal Inference TechniquesGene expression and cancer classificationBayesian Methods and Mixture ModelsGenetic Associations and EpidemiologyHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksOptimal Experimental Design Methods

Frequently asked questions about Biostatistics

Is Biostatistics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biostatistics: 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 Biostatistics?

Biostatistics 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 1.47.

Is Biostatistics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biostatistics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Biostatistics?