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Biophysical Reviews

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1972

ISSN1867-2469

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.178

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.121

Total Worksi

1,419

Total Citationsi

38,570

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biophysics; Molecular Biology; Structural Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1972

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,419

Publisher OrgSpringer International Publishing

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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?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1867-2469

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

117

3.2k

2019

168

4.1k

2020

136

2.9k

2021

121

2022

139

1.8k

2023

566

2024

137

518

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.

BiophysicsQ1

Molecular BiologyQ2

Structural BiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biophysics

Scopus Categories

BiophysicsStructural BiologyMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Protein Structure and DynamicsEnvironmental Monitoring and Data ManagementCardiomyopathy and Myosin StudiesEnzyme Structure and FunctionCellular Mechanics and InteractionsRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorForce Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsIon channel regulation and function

Frequently asked questions about Biophysical Reviews

Is Biophysical Reviews a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biophysical Reviews: 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 Biophysical Reviews?

Biophysical Reviews 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 3.06.

Is Biophysical Reviews indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biophysical Reviews is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Biophysical Reviews?