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Biology Direct

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1989

ISSN1745-6150eISSN1745-6150

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 59d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Fast · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

1.261

H-Indexi

101

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.878

Total Worksi

1,174

Total Citationsi

45,057

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biology; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Applied Mathematics; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Modeling and Simulation; Immunology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

Annual Volume~ 119 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,174

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2005

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

Review Time~9 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

British Library; Koninklijke BibliotheekCLOCKSSLOCKSSPorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1745-6150 / 1745-6150

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Open

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

British Library; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico, PMC

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

685

2019

1.5k

2020

2021

775

2022

1.4k

2023

147

1.3k

2024

125

461

2025

164

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)Q1

Applied MathematicsQ1

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

Modeling and SimulationQ1

ImmunologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biology

Scopus Categories

Applied MathematicsImmunologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsModeling and Simulation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

RNA and protein synthesis mechanismsGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesFerroptosis and cancer prognosisBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyCancer-related molecular mechanisms researchOrigins and Evolution of LifeBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksRNA modifications and cancerEvolution and Genetic DynamicsMicroRNA in disease regulation

Frequently asked questions about Biology Direct

Is Biology Direct a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biology Direct: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Biology Direct?

Biology Direct 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 4.34.

Is Biology Direct indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biology Direct is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.