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Biocontrol Science

Society for Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents Japan · Japan · Est. 1989

ISSN1884-0205

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.245

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

699

Total Citationsi

8,400

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Biocontrol Science publishes original articles, concise notes, and review articles on all aspects of the science and technology of biocontrol. It covers research related to Immunology and Microbiology, and Medicine.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on the publisher page

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1989

Annual Volume~ 29 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2023)

Total Publications699

OA Since2012

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Society for Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents Japan

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1884-0205

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

479

2015

383

2016

579

2017

285

2018

323

2019

308

2020

212

2021

126

2022

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 BiotechnologyQ3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Listeria monocytogenes in Food SafetyAntimicrobial agents and applicationsProbiotics and Fermented FoodsBacterial biofilms and quorum sensingMicrobial Inactivation MethodsPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesVibrio bacteria research studiesMedical Device Sterilization and DisinfectionLegionella and Acanthamoeba researchSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology

Frequently asked questions about Biocontrol Science

Is Biocontrol Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biocontrol Science: it is indexed in 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 Biocontrol Science?

Biocontrol Science is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.245.

Is Biocontrol Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biocontrol Science is indexed in Scopus.