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Journal of Biological Systems

World Scientific · Singapore · Est. 1993

ISSN1793-6470

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.409

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.809

Total Worksi

1,282

Total Citationsi

13,618

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biology; Mathematical & Computational Biology; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Ecology; Applied Mathematics.

General Information

Country / RegionSingapore

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1993

Annual Volume~ 54 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,282

Publisher OrgWorld Scientific

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

World Scientific

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1793-6470

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

174

2019

518

2020

285

2021

226

2022

295

2023

120

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

EcologyQ2

Applied MathematicsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

BiologyMathematical & Computational Biology

Scopus Categories

Applied MathematicsAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Ecology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsEvolution and Genetic DynamicsCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesMathematical Biology Tumor GrowthGene Regulatory Network AnalysisEvolutionary Game Theory and CooperationNonlinear Dynamics and Pattern FormationBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksEcosystem dynamics and resilienceMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Biological Systems

Is Journal of Biological Systems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Biological Systems: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Journal of Biological Systems?

Journal of Biological Systems 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 0.93.

Is Journal of Biological Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Biological Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Biological Systems?