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OBM Neurobiology

LIDSEN Publishing Inc · United States · Est. 2002

ISSN2573-4407

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2021-04-16). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. 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.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.261

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.249

Total Worksi

375

Total Citationsi

868

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience; Developmental Neuroscience; Neurology; Neurology (clinical).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 60 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications375

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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

LIDSEN Publishing Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2573-4407

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

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

103

2019

133

2020

125

2021

134

2022

195

2023

170

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.

Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceQ4

Developmental NeuroscienceQ4

NeurologyQ4

Neurology (clinical)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Neurology (clinical)Developmental NeuroscienceCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceNeurology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

COVID-19 and Mental HealthAutism Spectrum Disorder ResearchGlioma Diagnosis and TreatmentCerebral Palsy and Movement DisordersTryptophan and brain disordersSleep and related disordersNeural dynamics and brain functionResilience and Mental HealthMigraine and Headache StudiesSchizophrenia research and treatment

Frequently asked questions about OBM Neurobiology

Is OBM Neurobiology a predatory journal?

OBM Neurobiology was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2021-04-16). 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 OBM Neurobiology?

OBM Neurobiology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.261.

Is OBM Neurobiology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

OBM Neurobiology is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of OBM Neurobiology?