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Biotechnology Advances

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1970

ISSN1873-1899

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

2.761

H-Indexi

298

SNIPi

2.641

Total Worksi

17,377

Total Citationsi

400,734

2yr Mean Citednessi

9.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; Bioengineering; Biotechnology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

Frequency8 No. A Year, 1999-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications17,377

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-1899

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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

146

17k

2019

122

12k

2020

154

12k

2021

141

8.3k

2022

170

7.1k

2023

149

4.1k

2024

228

2.2k

2025

191

177

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.

Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyQ1

BioengineeringQ1

BiotechnologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologyBioengineeringApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in InsectsMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionBiofuel production and bioconversionEnzyme Production and CharacterizationEnzyme Catalysis and ImmobilizationProtein purification and stabilityAnimal Genetics and ReproductionBacteriophages and microbial interactionsMolecular Biology Techniques and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Biotechnology Advances

Is Biotechnology Advances a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biotechnology Advances: 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 Biotechnology Advances?

Biotechnology Advances 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 9.42.

Is Biotechnology Advances indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biotechnology Advances is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Biotechnology Advances?