Prion

Landes Bioscience · United States · Est. 1967

ISSN1933-6896eISSN1933-690X

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.459

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.466

Total Worksi

935

Total Citationsi

17,061

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.68

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biochemistry; Infectious Diseases; Cell Biology; Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

FrequencyFour Times A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications935

Publisher OrgLandes Bioscience

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Landes Bioscience

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1933-6896 / 1933-690X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

383

2019

565

2020

232

2021

127

2022

124

2023

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.

BiochemistryQ3

Infectious DiseasesQ3

Cell BiologyQ4

Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceInfectious DiseasesCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Prion Diseases and Protein MisfoldingNeurological diseases and metabolismTrace Elements in HealthAlzheimer's disease research and treatmentsRNA regulation and diseaseRNA Research and SplicingAmino Acid Enzymes and MetabolismAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ResearchAlcoholism and Thiamine DeficiencyFungal and yeast genetics research

Frequently asked questions about Prion

Is Prion a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Prion: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Prion?

Prion 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 1.68.

Is Prion indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Prion is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Prion?