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Biosafety and Health

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2010

ISSN2590-0536

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.645

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.732

Total Worksi

347

Total Citationsi

4,742

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Biotechnology; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology (medical); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 49 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications347

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2590-0536

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

492

2019

2.3k

2020

513

2021

936

2022

464

2023

275

2024

175

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.

BiotechnologyQ2

Infectious DiseasesQ2

Microbiology (medical)Q2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesMicrobiology (medical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologySARS-CoV-2 detection and testingViral Infections and VectorsCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesBacillus and Francisella bacterial researchAnimal Disease Management and EpidemiologyViral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchInfluenza Virus Research Studies

Frequently asked questions about Biosafety and Health

Is Biosafety and Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biosafety and Health: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Biosafety and Health?

Biosafety and Health 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 2.69.

Is Biosafety and Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biosafety and Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Biosafety and Health?