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Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2009

ISSN2405-6618
SJR Q1Scopus / SJR
Removed from DOAJ (2022-04-11). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is inactive. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗
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.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.706
H-Indexi
33
Total Worksi
210
Total Citationsi
3,737
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.00
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cultural Studies; Health (social science); Reproductive Medicine; Developmental Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary Language
1st Year Published2009
Annual Volume~ 26 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2022)
Total Publications210
Publisher OrgElsevier BV
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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

5/11 · 45%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Elsevier Ltd
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2405-6618
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, PubMed
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
16
359
2015
36
963
2016
16
411
2017
47
956
2018
16
158
2019
31
512
2020
39
525
2021
8
80
2022

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.

Cultural StudiesQ1
Health (social science)Q2
Reproductive MedicineQ2
Developmental BiologyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Developmental BiologyCultural StudiesReproductive MedicineHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Reproductive Health and TechnologiesAssisted Reproductive Technology and Twin PregnancyDemographic Trends and Gender PreferencesFamily Dynamics and RelationshipsHistorical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesLGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicyEducational Robotics and EngineeringPrenatal Screening and DiagnosticsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online

Is Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online a predatory journal?

Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is inactive" (2022-04-11). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online?

Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.706.

Is Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Reproductive Biomedicine and Society Online?

Subject areas: Cultural Studies; Health (social science); Reproductive Medicine; Developmental Biology.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref