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Biological Communications

Saint Petersburg State University · Russian Federation · Est. 2003

ISSN2587-5779

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.213

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.347

Total Worksi

477

Total Citationsi

1,402

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionRussian Federation

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 30 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications477

Publisher OrgSaint Petersburg State University

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Saint Petersburg State University

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2587-5779

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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

523

2018

2019

223

2020

206

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and StrategiesBotany and Plant Ecology StudiesBryophyte Studies and RecordsSoil and Environmental StudiesLichen and fungal ecologyPlant and animal studiesFood Industry and Aquatic BiologyLegume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis

Frequently asked questions about Biological Communications

Is Biological Communications a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biological Communications: it is indexed in 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 Biological Communications?

Biological Communications is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.213.

Is Biological Communications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biological Communications is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Biological Communications?