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Current Bioinformatics

Bentham Science Publishers · United Arab Emirates · Est. 1969

ISSN1574-8936eISSN2212-392X

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.472

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.37

Total Worksi

1,432

Total Citationsi

13,278

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemical Research Methods; Mathematical & Computational Biology; Computational Mathematics; Biochemistry; Genetics; Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Arab Emirates

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

FrequencyEight Issues A Year, 2019-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,432

Publisher OrgBentham Science Publishers

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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?

Bentham Science Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1574-8936 / 2212-392X

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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

114

1.7k

2019

134

1.5k

2020

111

918

2021

677

2022

108

629

2023

292

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.

Computational MathematicsQ2

BiochemistryQ3

GeneticsQ3

Molecular BiologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemical Research MethodsMathematical & Computational Biology

Scopus Categories

GeneticsBiochemistryComputational MathematicsMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Machine Learning in BioinformaticsBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksComputational Drug Discovery MethodsGene expression and cancer classificationGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical ResearchGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsCancer-related molecular mechanisms researchProtein Structure and DynamicsMicroRNA in disease regulation

Frequently asked questions about Current Bioinformatics

Is Current Bioinformatics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Bioinformatics: 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 Current Bioinformatics?

Current Bioinformatics 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 1.60.

Is Current Bioinformatics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Bioinformatics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Current Bioinformatics?