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Biosystems Engineering

Academic Press · United States · Est. 1998

ISSN1537-5129

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.299

H-Indexi

150

SNIPi

1.66

Total Worksi

4,789

Total Citationsi

172,278

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Biosystems Engineering publishes research in engineering and the physical sciences that represent advances in the understanding and management of the performance of biological systems. It focuses on sustainable developments in land use and the environment, agriculture and amenity, bioproduction processes, and the food chain. The journal integrates general engineering with applied agricultural, biological, environmental, food, and livestock systems to solve problems in complex living systems.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,789

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

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?

Academic Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1537-5129

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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

218

9.6k

2019

236

10k

2020

260

7.4k

2021

219

4.9k

2022

208

4.5k

2023

215

2024

240

903

2025

146

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.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ1

Animal Science and ZoologyQ1

Control and Systems EngineeringQ1

Food ScienceQ1

Soil ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Agricultural EngineeringAgriculture, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceAnimal Science and ZoologySoil ScienceControl and Systems EngineeringFood Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil Mechanics and Vehicle DynamicsSpectroscopy and Chemometric AnalysesAgricultural Engineering and MechanizationSmart Agriculture and AIGreenhouse Technology and Climate ControlHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesPlant Surface Properties and TreatmentsEducational Robotics and EngineeringPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Biosystems Engineering

Is Biosystems Engineering a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biosystems Engineering: 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 Biosystems Engineering?

Biosystems Engineering 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 5.50.

Is Biosystems Engineering indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biosystems Engineering is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.