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Folia Biologica

Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals · Poland · Est. 2004

ISSN1734-9168

SJR Q4✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.227

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.449

Total Worksi

651

Total Citationsi

5,208

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Folia Biologica is a multidisciplinary open access journal that publishes original research articles, reviews, short communications, and technical notes. The journal aims at basic and clinical research articles on a wide range of topics in biology, biochemistry, and medicine, with a focus on fundamental knowledge of cellular and molecular aspects of biology and medicine. Interdisciplinary studies are welcome.

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General Information

Country / RegionPoland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 17 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications651

Publisher OrgInstitute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences

OA Since2018

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1734-9168

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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

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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)Q4

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biology

Scopus Categories

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Chromosomal and Genetic VariationsAnimal Nutrition and PhysiologyAnimal Genetics and ReproductionProtist diversity and phylogenyGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestockMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyMeat and Animal Product QualityGenetic diversity and population structureReproductive Biology and FertilityGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Frequently asked questions about Folia Biologica

Is Folia Biologica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Folia Biologica: 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 Folia Biologica?

Folia Biologica 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 0.50.

Is Folia Biologica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Folia Biologica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.