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Database : the journal of biological databases and curation

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2009

ISSN1758-0463eISSN1758-0463

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?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.943

H-Indexi

108

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.931

Total Worksi

1,781

Total Citationsi

74,401

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mathematical & Computational Biology; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Information Systems; Medicine (miscellaneous); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 108 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,781

Publisher OrgUniversity of Oxford

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~23 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1758-0463 / 1758-0463

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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

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, 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

151

5.4k

2019

130

7.5k

2020

2.4k

2021

112

2.1k

2022

871

2023

129

641

2024

231

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Information SystemsQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mathematical & Computational Biology

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Information SystemsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Biomedical Text Mining and OntologiesBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsGene expression and cancer classificationMachine Learning in BioinformaticsComputational Drug Discovery MethodsRNA modifications and cancerSemantic Web and OntologiesTopic Modeling

Frequently asked questions about Database : the journal of biological databases and curation

Is Database : the journal of biological databases and curation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Database : the journal of biological databases and curation: 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 Database : the journal of biological databases and curation?

Database : the journal of biological databases and curation 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 2.93.

Is Database : the journal of biological databases and curation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Database : the journal of biological databases and curation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.