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Molecular Autism

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2000

ISSN2040-2392eISSN2040-2392

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.788

H-Indexi

112

SNIPi

1.618

Total Worksi

882

Total Citationsi

51,646

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.72

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Genetics & Heredity; Neurosciences; Developmental Biology; Developmental Neuroscience; Molecular Biology; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 55 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications882

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2009

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCBritish Library; Koninklijke BibliotheekCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2040-2392 / 2040-2392

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, PMC, British Library; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 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

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

3.5k

2019

4.8k

2020

3.3k

2021

1.7k

2022

979

2023

566

2024

286

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.

Developmental BiologyQ1

Developmental NeuroscienceQ1

Molecular BiologyQ1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Genetics & HeredityNeurosciences

Scopus Categories

Developmental BiologyDevelopmental NeurosciencePsychiatry and Mental HealthMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchGenetics and Neurodevelopmental DisordersChild Nutrition and Feeding IssuesGenomic variations and chromosomal abnormalitiesBehavioral and Psychological StudiesFamily and Disability Support ResearchFunctional Brain Connectivity StudiesAttention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderNeurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsAction Observation and Synchronization

Frequently asked questions about Molecular Autism

Is Molecular Autism a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Molecular Autism: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Molecular Autism?

Molecular Autism 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 4.72.

Is Molecular Autism indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Molecular Autism is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Molecular Autism?