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Biomimetics

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 2016

ISSN2313-7673eISSN2313-7673

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.664

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.967

Total Worksi

3,059

Total Citationsi

27,747

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Multidisciplinary; Materials Science, Biomaterials; Biochemistry; Biomedical Engineering; Biotechnology; Bioengineering; Biomaterials; Molecular Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,059

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2015

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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

Swiss National LibraryCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2313-7673 / 2313-7673

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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?

Swiss National Library, 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

2.1k

2019

2.8k

2020

1.8k

2021

256

4.9k

2022

624

9.8k

2023

785

6.6k

2024

861

3.3k

2025

592

299

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.

BiochemistryQ2

Biomedical EngineeringQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, MultidisciplinaryMaterials Science, Biomaterials

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryBiotechnologyBioengineeringBiomaterialsBiomedical EngineeringMolecular Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms ResearchBiomimetic flight and propulsion mechanismsBone Tissue Engineering MaterialsSoft Robotics and ApplicationsProsthetics and Rehabilitation RoboticsRobotic Locomotion and ControlMuscle activation and electromyography studiesRobotic Path Planning AlgorithmsRobot Manipulation and LearningAdvanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms

Frequently asked questions about Biomimetics

Is Biomimetics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biomimetics: 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 Biomimetics?

Biomimetics 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 3.56.

Is Biomimetics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biomimetics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Biomimetics?