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Fluids and Barriers of the CNS

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1974

ISSN2045-8118eISSN2045-8118

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.439

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.269

Total Worksi

1,046

Total Citationsi

34,275

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Neurosciences; Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience; Developmental Neuroscience; Medicine (miscellaneous); Neurology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1974

Annual Volume~ 115 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,046

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2010

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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?

2045-8118 / 2045-8118

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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

2.6k

2019

5.6k

2020

2.1k

2021

103

3.9k

2022

2023

111

1.7k

2024

136

680

2025

117

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.

Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceQ1

Developmental NeuroscienceQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

NeurologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Neurosciences

Scopus Categories

Developmental NeuroscienceCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceMedicine (miscellaneous)Neurology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalusBarrier Structure and Function StudiesTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesFetal and Pediatric Neurological DisordersNeurosurgical Procedures and ComplicationsIntracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ResearchSpinal Dysraphism and MalformationsDrug Transport and Resistance MechanismsHead and Neck Surgical OncologyAlzheimer's disease research and treatments

Frequently asked questions about Fluids and Barriers of the CNS

Is Fluids and Barriers of the CNS a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Fluids and Barriers of the CNS: 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 Fluids and Barriers of the CNS?

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS 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 5.58.

Is Fluids and Barriers of the CNS indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Fluids and Barriers of the CNS?