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Annual Review of Biophysics

Annual Reviews Inc. · United States · Est. 2007

ISSN1936-1238

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

5.152

H-Index

137

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

2.958

Total Works

447

Total Citations

63,218

2yr Mean Citedness

9.09

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Aims & Scope

The Annual Review of Biophysics covers significant developments in the field of biophysics, including macromolecular structure, function and dynamics, theoretical and computational biophysics, molecular biophysics of the cell, physical systems biology, membrane biophysics, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and emerging techniques.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications447

Publisher OrgAnnual Reviews

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Annual Reviews Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1936-1238

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

BiochemistryQ1

BioengineeringQ1

BiophysicsQ1

Cell BiologyQ1

Structural BiologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biophysics

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryBioengineeringBiophysicsStructural BiologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Protein Structure and DynamicsRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsEnzyme Structure and FunctionLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsRNA Research and SplicingCellular Mechanics and InteractionsGene Regulatory Network AnalysisBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyRNA modifications and cancer