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Biochemistry

American Chemical Society · United States · Est. 1962

ISSN1520-4995

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.

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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SJR Scorei

1.065

H-Indexi

441

SNIPi

0.73

Total Worksi

70,989

Total Citationsi

3,909,282

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biochemistry.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1962

FrequencyWeekly, <1991- >

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications70,989

Publisher OrgAmerican Chemical Society

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Chemical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1520-4995

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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

666

12k

2019

538

7.8k

2020

460

2021

374

4.6k

2022

336

2.4k

2023

360

1.5k

2024

430

1.1k

2025

247

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.

BiochemistryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Scopus Categories

Biochemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Enzyme Structure and FunctionDNA and Nucleic Acid ChemistryProtein Structure and DynamicsRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorHemoglobin structure and functionBiochemical and Molecular ResearchPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchGlycosylation and Glycoproteins Research

Frequently asked questions about Biochemistry

Is Biochemistry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biochemistry: 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 Biochemistry?

Biochemistry 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 2.09.

Is Biochemistry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biochemistry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Biochemistry?

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biochemistry.

Biochemistry

Aims & Scope

General Information

Submission Info

Ethics & Quality

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

Publication & Citation Trend

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Subject Classification

Frequently asked questions about Biochemistry

Is Biochemistry a predatory journal?

What is the impact factor of Biochemistry?

Is Biochemistry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

What is the aims and scope of Biochemistry?

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