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Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press · United States · Est. 1947

ISSN1943-0264eISSN1943-0264

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

3.932

H-Indexi

298

SNIPi

1.888

Total Worksi

1,780

Total Citationsi

320,107

2yr Mean Citednessi

7.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas (NLM/MEDLINE-assigned): Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1947

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,780

Publisher OrgCold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

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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?

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1943-0264 / 1943-0264

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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

129

11k

2019

951

2020

100

5.8k

2021

2.9k

2022

836

2023

1.5k

2024

155

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell Biology

Scopus Categories

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

RNA and protein synthesis mechanismsCellular transport and secretionRNA Research and SplicingRNA modifications and cancerGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsDNA Repair MechanismsEpigenetics and DNA MethylationNeurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsImmune Cell Function and InteractionEndoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease

Frequently asked questions about Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Is Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology: 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 Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology?

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 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 7.89.

Is Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology?