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IET Systems Biology

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 2001

ISSN1751-8857

SJR Q2✓ 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 10 articles · accept 90d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.456

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.636

Total Worksi

730

Total Citationsi

11,016

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cell Biology; Mathematical & Computational Biology; Modeling and Simulation; Biotechnology; Genetics; Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications730

Publisher OrgInstitution of Engineering and Technology

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~23 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, 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

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1751-8857

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

511

2019

442

2020

209

2021

207

2022

212

2023

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.

Modeling and SimulationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell BiologyMathematical & Computational Biology

Scopus Categories

GeneticsBiotechnologyModeling and SimulationCell BiologyMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gene Regulatory Network AnalysisBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionGene expression and cancer classificationComputational Drug Discovery MethodsCancer-related molecular mechanisms researchFerroptosis and cancer prognosisEvolution and Genetic DynamicsProtein Structure and DynamicsSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Frequently asked questions about IET Systems Biology

Is IET Systems Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for IET Systems Biology: 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 IET Systems Biology?

IET Systems Biology 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 1.10.

Is IET Systems Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

IET Systems Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of IET Systems Biology?