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QRB Discovery

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN2633-2892

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.813

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.61

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

966

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

QRB Discovery is a journal that publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed research across the full spectrum of the biological sciences. It aims to provide a platform for researchers to share their findings in areas such as molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, developmental biology, evolutionary biology, ecology, and environmental science. The journal welcomes original research articles, reviews, and short communications.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications96

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

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

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2633-2892

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

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

243

2020

151

2021

440

2022

106

2023

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.

BiophysicsQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Biophysics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Protein Structure and DynamicsRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsDNA and Nucleic Acid ChemistryAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesComputational Drug Discovery MethodsGenomics and Chromatin DynamicsRNA Research and SplicingEnzyme Structure and FunctionSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology

Frequently asked questions about QRB Discovery

Is QRB Discovery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for QRB Discovery: it is indexed in 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 QRB Discovery?

QRB Discovery is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.813.

Is QRB Discovery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

QRB Discovery is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.