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Journal of Experimental Biology

Company of Biologists Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1923

ISSN1477-9145

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.844

H-Indexi

281

SNIPi

1.002

Total Worksi

23,843

Total Citationsi

1,037,468

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.85

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Zoology; Animal Science and Zoology; Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Insect Science; Medicine (miscellaneous); Molecular Biology; Physiology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1923

FrequencyTwenty Four No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications23,843

Publisher OrgThe Company of Biologists

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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?

Company of Biologists Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1477-9145

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

653

12k

2019

683

10k

2020

589

8.3k

2021

524

4.9k

2022

546

4.1k

2023

624

2.3k

2024

698

1.4k

2025

419

237

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.

Animal Science and ZoologyQ1

Aquatic ScienceQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

Insect ScienceQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Molecular BiologyQ2

PhysiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Zoology

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyInsect SciencePhysiologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAquatic ScienceMedicine (miscellaneous)Molecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Physiological and biochemical adaptationsNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorAnimal Behavior and ReproductionFish Ecology and Management StudiesPlant and animal studiesAquaculture Nutrition and GrowthBiomimetic flight and propulsion mechanismsMarine animal studies overviewBat Biology and Ecology Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Experimental Biology

Is Journal of Experimental Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Experimental Biology: 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 Journal of Experimental Biology?

Journal of Experimental Biology 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 1.85.

Is Journal of Experimental Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Experimental Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Experimental Biology?