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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

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total33

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 ↗

SJR Score

0.686

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.772

Total Works

791

Total Citations

21,003

2yr Mean Citedness

2.78

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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.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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

Review Time~21 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

IMR Press Limited

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1945-0516 / 1945-0524

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

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

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.

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