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Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Zhejiang University · China · Est. 1974

ISSN1673-1581eISSN1862-1783

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.178

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.023

Total Worksi

2,445

Total Citationsi

66,177

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE B , an international peer-reviewed journal, covers research in Biomedicine and Biotechnology, which includes but not limited to Medicine, Genetics, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Agriculture, Food Sciences, Botany, Zoology, Ecology and Environment, etc. Currently the most preferred research areas are Oncology, Immunology, Gene Editing, Neuroscience, and Ecology.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1974

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,445

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Region🌍 Global South

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Zhejiang University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1673-1581 / 1862-1783

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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?

PMC

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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

108

2.7k

2019

3.4k

2020

2021

1.5k

2022

100

1.2k

2023

858

2024

218

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)Q1

Veterinary (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyBiotechnology & Applied MicrobiologyMedicine, Research & Experimental

Scopus Categories

Veterinary (miscellaneous)Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Is Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B: 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 Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B?

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B 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 3.88.

Is Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.