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Current Issues in Molecular Biology

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 1977

ISSN1467-3037eISSN1467-3045

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total68

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.791

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.72

Total Works

3,980

Total Citations

40,637

2yr Mean Citedness

3.47

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Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biology (General). Topics: molecular biology, molecular plant sciences, molecular microbiology, molecular genetics and genomics, molecular reproductive biology, molecular physiology

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Fast · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

Annual Volume~ 868 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,980

Publisher OrgCaister Academic Press

OA Since1998

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~6 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Swiss National LibraryCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1467-3037 / 1467-3045

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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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?

Swiss National Library, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

MicrobiologyQ2

Microbiology (medical)Q2

Molecular BiologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Microbiology (medical)MicrobiologyMolecular Biology