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Journal of Biomedical Semantics

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2003

ISSN2041-1480eISSN2041-1480

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.566

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.966

Total Worksi

569

Total Citationsi

15,504

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mathematical & Computational Biology; Computer Networks and Communications; Computer Science Applications; Information Systems; Health Informatics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications569

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

British Library; Koninklijke BibliotheekCLOCKSSLOCKSSPorticoPMC

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?

2041-1480 / 2041-1480

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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?

British Library; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico, PMC

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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

445

2019

312

2020

339

2021

369

2022

217

2023

159

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.

Computer Networks and CommunicationsQ2

Computer Science ApplicationsQ2

Information SystemsQ2

Health InformaticsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mathematical & Computational Biology

Scopus Categories

Information SystemsComputer Networks and CommunicationsComputer Science ApplicationsHealth Informatics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Biomedical Text Mining and OntologiesSemantic Web and OntologiesBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksTopic ModelingScientific Computing and Data ManagementGenomics and Rare DiseasesMachine Learning in HealthcareElectronic Health Records SystemsComputational Drug Discovery MethodsNatural Language Processing Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Biomedical Semantics

Is Journal of Biomedical Semantics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Biomedical Semantics: 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 Journal of Biomedical Semantics?

Journal of Biomedical Semantics 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 3.17.

Is Journal of Biomedical Semantics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Biomedical Semantics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Biomedical Semantics?