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Computational Biology and Chemistry

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1911

ISSN1476-9271eISSN1476-928X

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total43

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

0.522

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.709

Total Works

3,403

Total Citations

45,579

2yr Mean Citedness

2.47

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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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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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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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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

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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.

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