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JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH · DE · Est. 1981

ISSN1864-063XeISSN1864-0648

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.

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📊 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

0.504

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.79

Total Worksi

4,054

Total Citationsi

66,669

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Journal of Biophotonics is an international journal dedicated to research articles and reviews in the field of biophotonics. It covers the development and application of photonic technologies, particularly for biomedicine, life sciences, and environmental sciences. The journal also focuses on light and biomaterial interactions, serving as a platform for physicists, biologists, and clinical practitioners.

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General Information

Country / RegionDE

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

Annual Volume~ 284 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,054

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1864-063X / 1864-0648

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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

355

6.4k

2019

343

4.9k

2020

237

2.3k

2021

271

2022

280

1.7k

2023

286

982

2024

286

377

2025

139

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.

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q2

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q2

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q2

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemical Research MethodsBiophysicsOptics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic ImagingSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical ResearchAdvanced Fluorescence Microscopy TechniquesOptical Coherence Tomography ApplicationsOptical Imaging and Spectroscopy TechniquesLaser Applications in Dentistry and MedicineSpectroscopy and Chemometric AnalysesPhotodynamic Therapy Research StudiesNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsCell Image Analysis Techniques

Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS

Is JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS: 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 BIOPHOTONICS?

JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 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 1.49.

Is JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.