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OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences

Science Publications · United States · Est. 2006

ISSN1608-4217

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-03-22). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.203

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.442

Total Worksi

788

Total Citationsi

3,796

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences covers a wide range of academic disciplines updated regularly with innovative research. All content published by Science Publications offers unrestricted access, distribution, and reproduction in any medium; provided the original work is correctly cited.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications788

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2018

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewsingle blinded

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Science Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1608-4217

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

single blinded

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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?

Yes

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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

199

2019

348

2020

185

2021

228

2022

238

2023

136

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Agricultural Productivity and Crop ImprovementAgriculture and Biological StudiesFood Industry and Aquatic BiologyAnimal Nutrition and HealthSoil and Environmental StudiesInsect and Pesticide ResearchEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityPlant tissue culture and regenerationEnzyme Production and CharacterizationInsect Pest Control Strategies

Frequently asked questions about OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences

Is OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences a predatory journal?

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-03-22). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences?

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.203.

Is OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences is indexed in Scopus.