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Biopolymers and Cell

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine · Ukraine · Est. 1985

ISSN1993-6842

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2021-07-31). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.152

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.12

Total Worksi

2,885

Total Citationsi

6,232

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUkraine

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1985

Annual Volume~ 54 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,885

Publisher OrgInstitute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of NASU

OA Since1984

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1993-6842

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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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?

N/A

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

135

174

2019

155

2020

2021

2022

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

RNA and protein synthesis mechanismsDNA and Nucleic Acid ChemistryRNA modifications and cancerPlant tissue culture and regenerationBacteriophages and microbial interactionsRNA Research and SplicingSynthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic CompoundsDNA Repair MechanismsCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringViral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects

Frequently asked questions about Biopolymers and Cell

Is Biopolymers and Cell a predatory journal?

Biopolymers and Cell was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2021-07-31). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Biopolymers and Cell?

Biopolymers and Cell is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.152.

Is Biopolymers and Cell indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biopolymers and Cell is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Biopolymers and Cell?