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Current Opinion in Systems Biology

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2009

ISSN2452-3100eISSN2452-3100

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.298

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.956

Total Worksi

583

Total Citationsi

11,094

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Mathematical & Computational Biology; Applied Mathematics; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous); Computer Science Applications; Drug Discovery; Modeling and Simulation.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications583

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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2452-3100 / 2452-3100

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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?

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

1.4k

2019

1.1k

2020

2.3k

2021

138

2022

365

2023

128

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.

Applied MathematicsQ1

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q1

Computer Science ApplicationsQ1

Drug DiscoveryQ1

Modeling and SimulationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyMathematical & Computational Biology

Scopus Categories

Applied MathematicsDrug DiscoveryComputer Science ApplicationsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Modeling and Simulation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gene Regulatory Network AnalysisMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomicsBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringCell Image Analysis TechniquesRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Current Opinion in Systems Biology

Is Current Opinion in Systems Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Opinion in Systems Biology: 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 Current Opinion in Systems Biology?

Current Opinion in Systems Biology 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 2.33.

Is Current Opinion in Systems Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Opinion in Systems Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.