Biofilm

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2003

ISSN2590-2075eISSN2590-2075

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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📊 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

1.333

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.098

Total Worksi

356

Total Citationsi

5,647

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Microbiology; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; Cell Biology; Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 80 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications356

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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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?

2590-2075 / 2590-2075

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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, PMC, 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

985

2019

942

2020

932

2021

870

2022

1.4k

2023

1.1k

2024

438

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 Microbiology and BiotechnologyQ1

MicrobiologyQ1

Cell BiologyQ2

Molecular BiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Microbiology

Scopus Categories

Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyMicrobiologyCell BiologyMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensingOral microbiology and periodontitis researchMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyAntimicrobial Peptides and ActivitiesAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaAntifungal resistance and susceptibilityAntimicrobial agents and applicationsBacteriophages and microbial interactionsMicrobial Fuel Cells and BioremediationLegionella and Acanthamoeba research

Frequently asked questions about Biofilm

Is Biofilm a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biofilm: 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 Biofilm?

Biofilm 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 5.93.

Is Biofilm indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biofilm is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Biofilm?