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Mobile DNA

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1989

ISSN1759-8753eISSN1759-8753

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.416

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.077

Total Worksi

496

Total Citationsi

19,851

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Genetics & Heredity; Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

Annual Volume~ 34 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications496

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2009

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

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

PorticoPMCBritish Library; Koninklijke BibliotheekCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1759-8753 / 1759-8753

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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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, PMC, British Library; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 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

2.6k

2019

938

2020

1.5k

2021

526

2022

386

2023

149

2024

128

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.

Molecular BiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Genetics & Heredity

Scopus Categories

Molecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Chromosomal and Genetic VariationsGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsGenomic variations and chromosomal abnormalitiesGenome Rearrangement AlgorithmsCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyRNA modifications and cancerProtist diversity and phylogenyGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Mobile DNA

Is Mobile DNA a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Mobile DNA: 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 Mobile DNA?

Mobile DNA 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 2.47.

Is Mobile DNA indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Mobile DNA is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Mobile DNA?