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Physical Biology

IOP Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1988

ISSN1478-3967eISSN1478-3975

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 4. 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

0.727

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

SNIPi

0.5

Total Worksi

1,421

Total Citationsi

39,516

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Physical Biology publishes research on the quantitative characterization and understanding of biological systems at different levels of complexity.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

Annual Volume~ 35 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,421

Publisher OrgIOP Publishing

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1478-3967 / 1478-3975

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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

1.2k

2019

1.2k

2020

496

2021

460

2022

255

2023

101

2024

2025

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyBiophysics

Scopus Categories

BiophysicsStructural BiologyMolecular BiologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cellular Mechanics and InteractionsGene Regulatory Network AnalysisProtein Structure and DynamicsMicrotubule and mitosis dynamicsRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsEvolution and Genetic DynamicsBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorMicro and Nano Robotics

Frequently asked questions about Physical Biology

Is Physical Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Physical 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 Physical Biology?

Physical 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 4.

Is Physical Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Physical Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Physical Biology?