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Applied Biosafety

Mary Ann Liebert Inc. · United States · Est. 1997

ISSN1535-6760eISSN2470-1246

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total78

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.692

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.485

Total Worksi

1,144

Total Citationsi

4,596

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.78

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Biotechnology; Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

Annual Volume~ 35 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,144

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Mary Ann Liebert Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1535-6760 / 2470-1246

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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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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

179

2019

639

2020

204

2021

105

2022

107

2023

171

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.

BiotechnologyQ2

Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisQ2

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bacillus and Francisella bacterial researchGenetically Modified Organisms ResearchBiotechnology and Related FieldsChemical Safety and Risk ManagementViral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchInfection Control and VentilationHuman auditory perception and evaluationAnimal Disease Management and EpidemiologyZoonotic diseases and public healthViral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects

Frequently asked questions about Applied Biosafety

Is Applied Biosafety a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Applied Biosafety: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 78/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Applied Biosafety?

Applied Biosafety 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 1.78.

Is Applied Biosafety indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Applied Biosafety is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.