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Briefings in Bioinformatics

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1964

ISSN1477-4054

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

2.264

H-Indexi

208

SNIPi

1.718

Total Worksi

5,624

Total Citationsi

270,927

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.64

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemical Research Methods; Mathematical & Computational Biology; Information Systems; Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1964

FrequencyBimonthly, 2007-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,624

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

OA Since2023

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1477-4054

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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?

PMC

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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

173

14k

2019

442

26k

2020

606

29k

2021

610

21k

2022

557

15k

2023

808

10k

2024

718

3.3k

2025

464

287

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.

Information SystemsQ1

Molecular BiologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemical Research MethodsMathematical & Computational Biology

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bioinformatics and Genomic NetworksGene expression and cancer classificationGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesComputational Drug Discovery MethodsMachine Learning in BioinformaticsSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomicsRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsProtein Structure and DynamicsRNA modifications and cancerCancer-related molecular mechanisms research

Frequently asked questions about Briefings in Bioinformatics

Is Briefings in Bioinformatics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Briefings in Bioinformatics: 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 Briefings in Bioinformatics?

Briefings in Bioinformatics 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 5.64.

Is Briefings in Bioinformatics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Briefings in Bioinformatics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Briefings in Bioinformatics?