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AIMS Biophysics

AIMS Press · United States · Est. 2014

ISSN2377-9098eISSN2377-9098

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.29

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.287

Total Worksi

321

Total Citationsi

3,656

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.78

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

AIMS Biophysics is an international Open Access journal devoted to publishing peer-reviewed, high quality, original papers in the field of biophysics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 27 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications321

Publisher OrgAIMS Press

OA Since2013

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

AIMS Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2377-9098 / 2377-9098

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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

240

2020

155

2021

141

2022

2023

133

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biophysics

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryBiophysicsStructural BiologyMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Protein Structure and DynamicsLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsDNA and Nucleic Acid ChemistryAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsEnzyme Structure and FunctionBacteriophages and microbial interactionsMicrofluidic and Bio-sensing TechnologiesBlood properties and coagulationMagnetic and Electromagnetic Effects

Frequently asked questions about AIMS Biophysics

Is AIMS Biophysics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for AIMS Biophysics: 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 AIMS Biophysics?

AIMS Biophysics 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 1.78.

Is AIMS Biophysics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

AIMS Biophysics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of AIMS Biophysics?