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Scientific World Journal

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1924

ISSN2356-6140eISSN1537-744X

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.661

H-Indexi

176

SNIPi

1.241

Total Worksi

11,062

Total Citationsi

291,052

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Technology; Medicine; Science. Topics: medicine, science, technology

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1924

Annual Volume~ 125 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications11,062

Publisher OrgHindawi Publishing Corporation

OA Since1999

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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

PMCPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2356-6140 / 1537-744X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

PMC, Portico, 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

2.5k

2019

168

5.5k

2020

178

3.9k

2021

186

3.5k

2022

996

2023

135

1.1k

2024

143

286

2025

134

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q2

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesHealth, psychology, and well-beingSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsYouth Development and Social SupportSoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsUrological Disorders and TreatmentsHeavy metals in environmentFractional Differential Equations Solutions

Frequently asked questions about Scientific World Journal

Is Scientific World Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Scientific World Journal: it is indexed in 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 Scientific World Journal?

Scientific World Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.661.

Is Scientific World Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Scientific World Journal is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Scientific World Journal?