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Research Journal of Biotechnology

World Researchers Associations · India · Est. 2007

ISSN2278-4535

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.164

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.234

Total Worksi

1,491

Total Citationsi

930

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 317 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,491

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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?

World Researchers Associations

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2278-4535

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

2019

2020

153

194

2021

257

308

2022

269

287

2023

263

116

2024

419

2025

267

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 Microbiology and BiotechnologyQ4

BioengineeringQ4

BiotechnologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologyBioengineeringApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Frequently asked questions about Research Journal of Biotechnology

Is Research Journal of Biotechnology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Research Journal of Biotechnology: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Research Journal of Biotechnology?

Research Journal of Biotechnology 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 0.14.

Is Research Journal of Biotechnology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Research Journal of Biotechnology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Research Journal of Biotechnology?