Traffic

Blackwell Munksgaard · Denmark · Est. 1977

ISSN1600-0854

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.277

H-Indexi

173

SNIPi

0.723

Total Worksi

3,035

Total Citationsi

166,888

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.78

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cell Biology; Biochemistry; Genetics; Molecular Biology; Structural Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionDenmark

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications3,035

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Blackwell Munksgaard

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1600-0854

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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

100

3.9k

2019

911

2020

921

2021

648

2022

303

2023

155

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell Biology

Scopus Categories

GeneticsBiochemistryStructural BiologyMolecular BiologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cellular transport and secretionLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorEndoplasmic Reticulum Stress and DiseaseMicrotubule and mitosis dynamicsCalcium signaling and nucleotide metabolismErythrocyte Function and PathophysiologyRNA Research and SplicingRetinal Development and DisordersLysosomal Storage Disorders ResearchNuclear Structure and Function

Frequently asked questions about Traffic

Is Traffic a predatory journal?

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

Traffic 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 Traffic indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Traffic is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Traffic?