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Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar

IMR Press Limited · Hong Kong · Est. 2009

ISSN1945-0516eISSN1945-0524
SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access
Journal Impact Factor
Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗
📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.754
H-Indexi
70
SNIPi
0.772
Total Worksi
791
Total Citationsi
21,003
2yr Mean Citednessi
2.78
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Frontiers in Bioscience-Scholar (FBS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the dissemination of high-quality research, mainly in the fields of genetics and genomics. FBS is dedicated to publishing studies spanning fundamental, translational, and applied genetics in humans, animals, plants, microorganisms, and diverse model systems. The journal’s readership includes geneticists, molecular and cellular biologists, developmental biologists, evolutionary biologists, bioinformaticians, clinicians, and other researchers and students in genetics. In addition to original research articles, FBS also considers other manuscript types such as short communications, systematic reviews, reviews, opinion articles and editorials.

General Information

Country / RegionHong Kong
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2009
Frequency4 issues per year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications791
Publisher OrgIMR Press
OA Since2020
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/11 · 91%
✅
Do you know the journal / publisher?
IMR Press Limited
✅
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
✅
Is the ISSN verified?
1945-0516 / 1945-0524
✅
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, DOAJ
✅
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
❌
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
✅
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
✅
Long-term digital preservation?
CLOCKSS
✅
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
✅
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
✅
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
18
264
2019
6
186
2020
16
192
2021
32
492
2022
17
128
2023
26
183
2024
27
49
2025
12
0
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)Q2
Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

MicroRNA in disease regulationRNA Research and SplicingRNA modifications and cancerMitochondrial Function and PathologyReproductive Biology and FertilityReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsAlzheimer's disease research and treatmentsCancer-related molecular mechanisms researchAdipose Tissue and Metabolism

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar

Is Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar: it is indexed in 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 Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar?

Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.754.

Is Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar?

Frontiers in Bioscience-Scholar (FBS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the dissemination of high-quality research, mainly in the fields of genetics and genomics. FBS is dedicated to publishing studies spanning fundamental, translational, and applied genetics in humans, animals, plants, microorganisms, and diverse model systems. The journal’s readership includes geneticists, molecular and cellular biologists, developmental biologists, evolutionary biologists, bioinformaticians, clinicians, and other researchers and students in genetics. In addition to origina

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref