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GCB Bioenergy

Wiley-VCH Verlag · Germany · Est. 2002

ISSN1757-1693eISSN1757-1707

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.144

H-Indexi

111

SNIPi

1.414

Total Worksi

1,662

Total Citationsi

64,682

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mechanical engineering and machinery: Renewable energy sources; Industries. Land use. Labor: Special industries and trades: Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel trade. Topics: bio-oil production, biological residues, bioenergy socioeconomics, bioenergy policy, bioenergy systems analysis, bioenergy feedstock

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,662

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-VCH Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1757-1693 / 1757-1707

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, 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

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

2.4k

2019

132

3.7k

2020

131

4.9k

2021

107

1.8k

2022

105

1.2k

2023

103

891

2024

108

314

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.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ1

ForestryQ1

Waste Management and DisposalQ1

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biotechnology & Applied MicrobiologyEnergy & FuelsEnvironmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

ForestryAgronomy and Crop ScienceWaste Management and DisposalRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bioenergy crop production and managementBiofuel production and bioconversionSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsForest Biomass Utilization and ManagementForest Management and PolicyEnvironmental Impact and SustainabilityAnaerobic Digestion and Biogas ProductionPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsNitrogen and Sulfur Effects on BrassicaPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Frequently asked questions about GCB Bioenergy

Is GCB Bioenergy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for GCB Bioenergy: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 GCB Bioenergy?

GCB Bioenergy 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 3.69.

Is GCB Bioenergy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

GCB Bioenergy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.