Archaea

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United States · Est. 2001

ISSN1472-3646

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2025-01-14). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is inactive. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.116

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

369

Total Citationsi

12,441

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Archaea is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that publishes original research articles and review articles dealing with all aspects of archaea. This includes environmental adaptation, enzymology, genetics and genomics, metabolism, molecular biology, molecular ecology, phylogeny, ultrastructure, bioinformatics studies, and the biotechnological applications of archaea.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 1 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications369

Publisher OrgHindawi Publishing Corporation

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1472-3646

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, PubMed

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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

664

2017

645

2018

2019

252

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

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.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ4

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

MicrobiologyQ4

PhysiologyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

PhysiologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMedicine (miscellaneous)Microbiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Genomics and Phylogenetic StudiesMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyEnzyme Structure and FunctionMethane Hydrates and Related PhenomenaAnaerobic Digestion and Biogas ProductionBacteriophages and microbial interactionsWastewater Treatment and Nitrogen RemovalEnzyme Production and Characterization

Frequently asked questions about Archaea

Is Archaea a predatory journal?

Archaea was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is inactive" (2025-01-14). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Archaea?

Archaea is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.116.

Is Archaea indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Archaea is indexed in Scopus.