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Interface Focus

The Royal Society · United Kingdom · Est. 1971

ISSN2042-8898eISSN2042-8901

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.926

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.824

Total Worksi

1,075

Total Citationsi

40,172

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.82

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biology; Biophysics; Biochemistry; Bioengineering; Biomaterials; Biomedical Engineering; Biotechnology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,075

Publisher OrgRoyal Society

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

The Royal Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2042-8898 / 2042-8901

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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?

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

2019

2.8k

2020

1.1k

2021

1.1k

2022

704

2023

384

2024

137

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.

Biomedical EngineeringQ2

BiotechnologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biology

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologyBiochemistryBioengineeringBiophysicsBiomedical EngineeringBiomaterials

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gene Regulatory Network AnalysisEvolution and Genetic DynamicsCellular Mechanics and InteractionsEvolutionary Game Theory and CooperationOrigins and Evolution of Life3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksBone Tissue Engineering MaterialsAdvanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsProtein Structure and Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Interface Focus

Is Interface Focus a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Interface Focus: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Interface Focus?

Interface Focus 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 3.82.

Is Interface Focus indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Interface Focus is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Interface Focus?