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Iranian Journal of Biotechnology

National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology · Iran · Est. 2000

ISSN2322-2921

SJR Q3✓ 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. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.402

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.411

Total Worksi

557

Total Citationsi

6,945

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Iranian Journal of Biotechnology publishes original scientific research papers in the broad area of Biotechnology. This includes Environmental Biotechnology, Medical Biotechnology, Animal Biotechnology, Stem Cell Technology, Marine Biotechnology, Molecular Biotechnology, Nano Biotechnology, Agricultural Biotechnology, Bio-informatics, Food Chain Biotechnology, and Industrial and Applied Biotechnology. The journal also publishes research related to Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

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General Information

Country / RegionIran

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2000

Annual Volume~ 38 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2019)

Total Publications557

Publisher OrgArmenian Green Publishing Co.

OA Since2017

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2322-2921

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

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

278

2012

285

2013

441

2014

354

2015

860

2016

709

2017

542

2018

596

2019

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.

BiochemistryQ3

BiotechnologyQ3

GeneticsQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

GeneticsBiochemistryBiotechnology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant tissue culture and regenerationEnzyme Production and CharacterizationBiofuel production and bioconversionTransgenic Plants and ApplicationsMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionPlant Virus Research StudiesMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchEnzyme Catalysis and ImmobilizationPlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityProtein purification and stability

Frequently asked questions about Iranian Journal of Biotechnology

Is Iranian Journal of Biotechnology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Iranian Journal of Biotechnology: 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 Iranian Journal of Biotechnology?

Iranian Journal of Biotechnology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.402.

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

Iranian Journal of Biotechnology is indexed in Scopus.