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Quantitative Biology

John Wiley and Sons Inc · China · Est. 2005

ISSN2095-4697

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.54

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.222

Total Worksi

546

Total Citationsi

6,317

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mathematical & Computational Biology; Applied Mathematics; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous); Computer Science Applications; Modeling and Simulation.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications546

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

OA Since2012

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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

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2095-4697

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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, 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

1.2k

2019

1.6k

2020

163

2021

2022

300

2023

264

2024

307

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.

Applied MathematicsQ2

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q2

Computer Science ApplicationsQ2

Modeling and SimulationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Mathematical & Computational Biology

Scopus Categories

Applied MathematicsComputer Science ApplicationsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Modeling and Simulation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gene Regulatory Network AnalysisBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomicsGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesComputational Drug Discovery MethodsRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsGene expression and cancer classificationGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical ResearchGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsRNA Research and Splicing

Frequently asked questions about Quantitative Biology

Is Quantitative Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Quantitative 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 Quantitative Biology?

Quantitative 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 2.24.

Is Quantitative Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of Quantitative Biology?