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Open Biology

Royal Society Publishing · United Kingdom · Est. 1992

ISSN2046-2441eISSN2046-2441

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.335

H-Indexi

110

SNIPi

1.11

Total Worksi

1,597

Total Citationsi

60,346

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.39

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous); Neuroscience (miscellaneous); Immunology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1992

Annual Volume~ 123 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,597

Publisher OrgRoyal Society

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Royal Society Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2046-2441 / 2046-2441

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, PMC, 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

5.8k

2019

146

8.1k

2020

148

5.3k

2021

148

2022

114

1.5k

2023

116

760

2024

139

585

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)Q1

Neuroscience (miscellaneous)Q1

ImmunologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Scopus Categories

Neuroscience (miscellaneous)ImmunologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Microtubule and mitosis dynamicsRNA Research and SplicingGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsRNA modifications and cancerNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchUbiquitin and proteasome pathwaysRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsEpigenetics and DNA MethylationDNA Repair MechanismsDevelopmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Frequently asked questions about Open Biology

Is Open Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Open Biology: 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 Open Biology?

Open Biology 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 3.39.

Is Open Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Open Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Open Biology?