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International Journal of Biostatistics

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 2005

ISSN1557-4679

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.715

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.769

Total Worksi

570

Total Citationsi

14,093

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.80

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mathematical & Computational Biology; Statistics & Probability; Medicine (miscellaneous); Statistics and Probability; Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

FrequencyIrregular

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications570

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

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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?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1557-4679

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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

376

2019

319

2020

238

2021

155

2022

181

2023

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Statistics and ProbabilityQ2

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mathematical & Computational BiologyStatistics & Probability

Scopus Categories

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyMedicine (miscellaneous)Statistics and Probability

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Statistical Methods and InferenceStatistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceAdvanced Causal Inference TechniquesStatistical Methods in Clinical TrialsBayesian Methods and Mixture ModelsHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeAdvanced Statistical Methods and ModelsOptimal Experimental Design MethodsGene expression and cancer classificationGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Biostatistics

Is International Journal of Biostatistics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Biostatistics: 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 International Journal of Biostatistics?

International Journal of Biostatistics 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 0.80.

Is International Journal of Biostatistics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Biostatistics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Biostatistics?