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Progress in Biomaterials

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 2012

ISSN2194-0517

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2020-01-10). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.918

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

216

Total Citationsi

11,091

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Progress in Biomaterials is publishing with OICC Press since January 1st, 2025. Progress in Biomaterials is a peer-reviewed hybrid journal. It is a multidisciplinary, English-language publication of original contributions and reviews concerning studies of the preparation, performance and evaluation of biomaterials; the chemical, physical, biological and mechanical behavior of materials both in vitro and in vivo in areas such as tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, drug delivery and implants where biomaterials play a significant role. Approved by Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2023)

Total Publications216

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

Visit Journal Website

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?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2194-0517

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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

699

2016

1.1k

2017

2.4k

2018

1.1k

2019

902

2020

646

2021

938

2022

133

2023

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.

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Q1

BiomaterialsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, BiomedicalMaterials Science, Biomaterials

Scopus Categories

BiomaterialsChemical Engineering (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bone Tissue Engineering MaterialsElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsAdvanced Drug Delivery SystemsSilk-based biomaterials and applicationsTissue Engineering and Regenerative MedicineNanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryOrthopaedic implants and arthroplastybiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesWound Healing and TreatmentsNanoparticles: synthesis and applications

Frequently asked questions about Progress in Biomaterials

Is Progress in Biomaterials a predatory journal?

Progress in Biomaterials was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2020-01-10). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Progress in Biomaterials?

Progress in Biomaterials 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.

Is Progress in Biomaterials indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Progress in Biomaterials is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.