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Computational Biology and Chemistry

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1911

ISSN1476-9271eISSN1476-928X

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.561

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.709

Total Worksi

3,403

Total Citationsi

45,579

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Computational Biology and Chemistry publishes original research papers and review articles in all areas of computational life sciences. It covers a very wide range of areas within computational life sciences.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1911

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,403

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1476-9271 / 1476-928X

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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?

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

193

3.4k

2019

200

4.5k

2020

142

1.7k

2021

148

1.8k

2022

160

1.7k

2023

277

1.7k

2024

483

1.6k

2025

446

182

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.

Computational MathematicsQ2

Organic ChemistryQ2

BiochemistryQ3

Structural BiologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BiologyComputer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryStructural BiologyOrganic ChemistryComputational Mathematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Computational Drug Discovery MethodsMachine Learning in BioinformaticsProtein Structure and DynamicsBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesGene expression and cancer classificationEducational Robotics and EngineeringSynthesis and biological activityHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Computational Biology and Chemistry

Is Computational Biology and Chemistry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Computational Biology and Chemistry: 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 Computational Biology and Chemistry?

Computational Biology and Chemistry 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 2.47.

Is Computational Biology and Chemistry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Computational Biology and Chemistry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

General Information

Submission Info

Ethics & Quality

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

Publication & Citation Trend

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Subject Classification

Frequently asked questions about Computational Biology and Chemistry

Is Computational Biology and Chemistry a predatory journal?

What is the impact factor of Computational Biology and Chemistry?

Is Computational Biology and Chemistry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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