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Journal of Biological Control

Informatics Publishing Limited · India · Est. 1972

ISSN2230-7281

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.182

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.292

Total Worksi

3,082

Total Citationsi

7,522

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.39

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agronomy and Crop Science; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; Insect Science.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1972

Annual Volume~ 52 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications3,082

Publisher OrgInformatics Publishing Limited

OA Since2019

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Informatics Publishing Limited

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2230-7281

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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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?

N/A

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

211

2019

199

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

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.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ4

Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyQ4

Insect ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceInsect ScienceApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlInsect Resistance and GeneticsInsect Pest Control StrategiesAgricultural pest management studiesEntomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest ControlPlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesNematode management and characterization studiesInsect and Pesticide ResearchInsect behavior and control techniques

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Biological Control

Is Journal of Biological Control a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Biological Control: it is indexed in 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 Journal of Biological Control?

Journal of Biological Control is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.182.

Is Journal of Biological Control indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Biological Control is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Biological Control?