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BMC Biotechnology

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1945

ISSN1472-6750eISSN1472-6750

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.875

H-Indexi

117

SNIPi

0.963

Total Worksi

2,055

Total Citationsi

76,453

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.98

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Biotechnology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1945

Annual Volume~ 108 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,055

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since1999

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSLibrary of Congress; National Library of the Netherlands

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1472-6750 / 1472-6750

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Library of Congress; National Library of the Netherlands

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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

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

102

2.7k

2019

1.8k

2020

1.7k

2021

620

2022

763

2023

108

1.1k

2024

158

690

2025

124

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.

BiotechnologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Scopus Categories

Biotechnology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchViral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in InsectsVirus-based gene therapy researchCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringTransgenic Plants and ApplicationsAnimal Genetics and ReproductionEnzyme Catalysis and ImmobilizationMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionBiofuel production and bioconversionRNA Interference and Gene Delivery

Frequently asked questions about BMC Biotechnology

Is BMC Biotechnology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMC Biotechnology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 BMC Biotechnology?

BMC Biotechnology 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 3.98.

Is BMC Biotechnology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BMC Biotechnology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of BMC Biotechnology?